Sog: Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam - Brossura

Plaster, John L.

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ISBN 10: 0451195086 ISBN 13: 9780451195081

Casa editrice: Berkley, 1998

Riassunto

A veteran of the Studies and Observations Group, the most secret elite U.S. military unit to serve in Vietnam, reveals his and his cohort's daring combat missions in a minute-by-minute account. Reprint.

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Praise for SOG

“Exciting [and] hair-raising...a detailed history of this little-known aspect of the Vietnam War.”—The New York Times

“Superb and compelling.”—Gen. William C. Westmoreland, U.S. Army (ret.)

“A magnificent book of enormous power and a milestone in the literature of special operations.”—Col. Robert Howard, Medal of Honor winner, the Vietnam War’s most highly decorated soldier

“Authoritative and insightful...a true insider’s account.”—Publishers Weekly
 
“Indispensable.”—Booklist
 
“Engrossing and thoroughly exciting.”—Library Journal

L'autore

Major John L. Plaster is a national authority on sniping, firearms, and special operations, as well as the author of Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines With the Elite Warriors of SOG and SOG: The Secret Wars of America’s Commandos in Vietnam. He served three tours in the top-secret unconventional warfare group, Studies and Observations Group, in Vietnam. As a long-range reconnaissance leader, he led tiny intelligence-gathering teams behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia before leaving SOG in late 1971. He was decorated for heroism four times and retired from the U.S. Army as a major.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Berkley
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0451195086
• ISBN 13: 9780451195081
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 400