Beyond Hell and Back: How America's Special Operations Forces Became the World's Greatest Fighting Unit

Zimmerman, Dwight Jon; Gresham, John D.

ISBN 10: 0312363877 / ISBN 13: 9780312363871

Published by St. Martin's Press, New York, 2007

About this Item

Black fibre board covers with metallic red titles to spine, slight bumping to spine top and bottom. d/w similar. 320 numbered pages including index as new. Binding as new. Size 16.4 x 24.2 cm.

Seller Inventory # 008927

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beyond Hell and Back: How America's Special Operations Forces Became the World's Greatest Fighting Unit
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312363877
• ISBN 13: 9780312363871
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Authors
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Virtually as New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

An inside account of seven defining Special Operations missions includes Bat-21, the Vietnam War's longest search and rescue mission; Operation Eagle Claw, the costly operation to retrieve American hostages in Iran; and Basher 52, a mission to rescue a captain shot down over Bosnia's no-fly zone. 30,000 first printing.

About the Author

DWIGHT JON ZIMMERMAN has written extensively on military-history subjects for American Heritage, the Naval Institute Press, Vietnam Magazine, and numerous military-themed publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
JOHN D. GRESHAM is a veteran military analyst and co-author with Tom Clancy on his bestselling series of nonfiction "guided tour" books about military units, including Special Forces and Marines. He lives in Virginia.