America’s Elite: US Special Forces from the American Revolution to the Present Day - Hardcover

McNab, Chris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1780962843 ISBN 13: 9781780962849

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

America's Elites takes the reader through some of the most dramatic special forces operations in US history, from sniping British commanders during the Revolutionary War to Riverine incursions in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, and from demolition missions on D-Day to the SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in 2011. Training and selection procedures are explained in detail, and the book also describes some of the technologies that have separated regular soldiers from their Special Forces counterparts. Illustrated throughout with striking photography and artworks, America's Elites forms the most comprehensive and visually impressive single-volume guide to US Special Forces available.

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About the Author

Chris McNab is an author and editor specializing in military history and military technology. To date he has published more than 40 books, including A History of the World in 100 Weapons (2011), Deadly Force (2009) and Tools of Violence (2008). He is the contributing editor of Hitler's Armies: A History of the German War Machine 1939-45 (2011) and Armies of the Napoleonic Wars (2009). Chris has also written extensively for major encyclopedia series, magazines and newspapers, and he lives in South Wales, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1780962843
• ISBN 13: 9781780962849
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 376