The Mammoth Book of Covert Ops
True Stories of Covert Military Operations, from the Bay of Pigs to the Death of Osama bin Laden
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
16 January 2014
Summary
Twenty true stories of covert military operations, from raids into Laos by elite unit MAC-V-SOG to cut the Ho Chi Minh trail during the Vietnam War to the US Navy SEAL 6 operation Neptune’s Spear in Abbottabad which resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden.
Lewis shines a light on the ‘shadow war’ units that conduct clandestine operations and tells in full and fascinating detail the most daring missions of the last fifty years, from the Sayeret Mat’Kal/Mossad ‘Wrath of God’ mission to…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780337852 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 178033785X |
| Author: | Jon E. Lewis |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 16 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 426g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 133mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Mammoth Books |
| Audience Age: | 0-0 |
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Jon E. Lewis
JON E. LEWIS is an historian and author of numerous bestselling books on history and military history, including Voices from D-Day, Voices from the Holocaust, The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War and A Brief History of the First World War. He holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in history and his work has appeared in New Statesman, the Independent, Time Out and the Guardian. He lives in Herefordshire.
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