No Room for Error: The Covert Operations of America's Special Tactics Units from Iran to Afghanistan by John T. Carney Paperback Book

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Rent No Room for Error: The Covert Operations of America's Special Tactics Units from Iran to Afghanistan

Author: John T. Carney

Narrator: Benjamin Schemmer

Format: Abridged-CD

Publisher: Listen & Live Audio

Published: Oct 2002

Genre: History - Military - Strategy

Retail Price: $27.95

Discs: 4

Synopsis

When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite "special Tactics" team in the late 1970s to work with special-operations forces, John T. Carney was the man they turned to. Since then Carney and the U.S. Air Force Special Tactics units have circled the world on clandestine missions. They have combated terrorists and overthrown dangerous dictators. They have suffered eighteen times the casualty rate of America's conventional forces. But they have gotten the job done. Now, for the first time, Colonel Carney lifts the veil of secrecy and reveals what really goes on inside the special-operations forces that are at the forefront of contemporary warfare.

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BookLender review by Eddie on 2008-08-13 20:26:54

Great history of the beginnings of the US Air Force Special Operations. Takes the reader through all the major conflicts from Vietnam to Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom, the role and struggles of the USAF SOF soldiers and their sacrafices. Great read for those who enjoy reading about real heros.