The Wars of the Green Berets
Amazing Stories from Vietnam to the Present
Robin Moore ; Michael Lennon
- Legendary
- adventurer
- and
- raconteur
- Robin
- Moore
- has
- teamed
- up
- with
- third-generation
- Army
- officer
- Michael
-
- Doc”
- Lennon
- to
- share
- the
- stories
- of
- the
- soldiers
- who
- have
- earned
- the
- right
- to
- wear
- the
- Green
- Beret.From
- Vietnam
- to
- the
- present
- day,
- The
- Wars
- of
- the
- Green
- Berets
- retells
- the
- stranger-than-fiction,
- hair-raising
- experiences
- of
- the
- stout
- men
- who
- have
- risked
- it
- all,
- from
- their
- firefights
- on
- the
- Cambodian
- border
- to
- their
- present-day
- patrols
- on
- the
- dangerous
- streets
- of
- Baghdad.
- It
- takes
- us
- to
- the
- streets
- of
- Mogadishu
- in
- the
- days
- before
- and
- after
- the
- events
- of
- Black
- Hawk
- Down.
- It
- puts
- us
- on
- the
- rocky
- moonscapes
- of
- Afghanistan
- in
- search
- of
- the
- enemy,
- where
- soldiers
- face
- the
- dangers
- of
- friendly
- fire
- as
- well
- as
- fierce
- Taliban
- fighters.Featuring
- a
- new
- foreword
- by
- a
- former
- Green
- Beret
- about
- the
- continued
- efforts
- and
- role
- Special
- Forces
- play
- in
- modern
- warfare,
- this
- is
- a
- work
- of
- fiction
- that
- is
- more
- real
- than
- many
- works
- of
- history.
- It’s
- destined
- to
- become
- a
- classic.Skyhorse
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