Code Name: Copperhead; My True-Life Exploits as a Special Forces Soldier

Garner, Joe R., with Fine, Avrum M.

ISBN 10: 0671864351 / ISBN 13: 9780671864354

Editore: Simon & Schuster, New York, 1994

Riguardo questo articolo

431, [1] pages. Map. Glossary. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. The top-secret missions of a Special Forces veteran are revealed for the first time in this memoir of perilous adventure--from behind-enemy-lines missions in Laos to a secret strike force heading toward the Cuban missile crisis. Sergeant Major Joe R. Garner served for twenty seven years in the U.S. military, including twenty-one hears of continuous active duty in the Special Forces. He received the Bronze Star, the Air Medal, and numerous other medals, including decorations from the governments of Indonesia, the Republic of South Vietnam, and Laos. Avrum M. Fine was a television writer and also a film editor. Derived from a Kirkus review: A gung-ho account of 27 years in Special Forces. Garner, by his own account, is something of a legend. He begins his own tale with his Special Forces (SF) training days at Fort Bragg in 1958, a period characterized by secrecy, training specializations, and tight-lipped macho toughness. Ten years later, in Vietnam and Laos, he was at first disappointed to see no front-line action for a year and even more peeved to be assigned the duty of taking care of Vietcong POWs. This section of the book is one of its most interesting. The SF men are first trained to withstand enemy torture themselves: In one exercise recruits were forced into steel boxes with a few inches of putrid water for hours and days on end. Later, Throughout this book there are fascinating glimpses of what it was like to be part of a unit. For aspiring soldiers or readers with little interest in larger political themes. It's a pretty gripping account of dirty war.

Codice articolo 77279

Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Code Name: Copperhead; My True-Life Exploits as a Special Forces Soldier
• Editore: Simon & Schuster, New York
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0671864351
• ISBN 13: 9780671864354
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Disegnatore: Simon Metz (Jacket photograph). Polly Donnelly St
• Edizione: First Printing [Stated].
• Condizione: Very good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Very good
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Military Training
  • Special Forces

Descrizione articolo

Riassunto

A Special Forces veteran reveals top-secret missions and contingency plans so extreme that no one believed they would ever be put into action, in an adventure-filled memoir that includes the author's days as an original Green Beret.

Product Description

Book by Garner Joe R