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A superbly illustrated account of one of the key milestones in the development of modern US Special Operations Forces, the hugely complex POW rescue at Son Tay.
A superbly illustrated account of one of the key milestones in the development of modern US Special Operations Forces, the hugely complex POW rescue at Son Tay.
Über den Autor
Justin Williamson is a career US diplomat who has served in Iraq, Mexico, Spain, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, but calls Texas home. He has degrees from Texas Tech University and The University of Texas at El Paso, and graduated from the US Army Command and Staff College with a Master of Military Arts and Sciences. He is the author of Operation Eagle Claw 1980 for Osprey.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
INTRODUCTION
Efforts to Find the Prisoners of War
ORIGINS Polar Circle and the Planning Phase
The Legendary Arthur "Bull" Simons Assembles His Men
INITIAL STRATEGY
Operation Ivory Coast: Training and Preparation for the Rescue
Intelligence on the POWs and Son Tay
Bureaucracy, Support, and Logistics
POW Needs After the Rescue
Training for the Ground Forces
The Air Component Training
When to Go
THE PLAN
Operation Kingpin-Son Tay Camp
The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club Joins the Mission
Last-Minute Intelligence Puzzles Everyone
Waiting in Thailand to Launch
We Are Going to Rescue American Prisoners
THE RAID
Operation Kingpin Launches
The Assault on Son Tay
The Secondary School Battle
Negative Items, I Repeat, Negative Items!
The Air Battle
The US Navy Launches Their Mission
Firebird 5 Goes Down
Extraction and Rescue
THE AFTERMATH
Shock Among the Raiders and the Political Fallout Back Home
What Happened to the POWs?
Mystery of the Secondary School
ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
Efforts to Find the Prisoners of War
ORIGINS Polar Circle and the Planning Phase
The Legendary Arthur "Bull" Simons Assembles His Men
INITIAL STRATEGY
Operation Ivory Coast: Training and Preparation for the Rescue
Intelligence on the POWs and Son Tay
Bureaucracy, Support, and Logistics
POW Needs After the Rescue
Training for the Ground Forces
The Air Component Training
When to Go
THE PLAN
Operation Kingpin-Son Tay Camp
The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club Joins the Mission
Last-Minute Intelligence Puzzles Everyone
Waiting in Thailand to Launch
We Are Going to Rescue American Prisoners
THE RAID
Operation Kingpin Launches
The Assault on Son Tay
The Secondary School Battle
Negative Items, I Repeat, Negative Items!
The Air Battle
The US Navy Launches Their Mission
Firebird 5 Goes Down
Extraction and Rescue
THE AFTERMATH
Shock Among the Raiders and the Political Fallout Back Home
What Happened to the POWs?
Mystery of the Secondary School
ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
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Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9781472863010 |
ISBN-10: | 1472863011 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Williamson, Justin |
Illustrator: |
Groult, Edouard A
Rodríguez, Irene Cano |
Hersteller: | Bloomsbury USA |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 244 x 182 x 8 mm |
Von/Mit: | Justin Williamson |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 26.11.2024 |
Gewicht: | 0,258 kg |
Über den Autor
Justin Williamson is a career US diplomat who has served in Iraq, Mexico, Spain, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, but calls Texas home. He has degrees from Texas Tech University and The University of Texas at El Paso, and graduated from the US Army Command and Staff College with a Master of Military Arts and Sciences. He is the author of Operation Eagle Claw 1980 for Osprey.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
INTRODUCTION
Efforts to Find the Prisoners of War
ORIGINS Polar Circle and the Planning Phase
The Legendary Arthur "Bull" Simons Assembles His Men
INITIAL STRATEGY
Operation Ivory Coast: Training and Preparation for the Rescue
Intelligence on the POWs and Son Tay
Bureaucracy, Support, and Logistics
POW Needs After the Rescue
Training for the Ground Forces
The Air Component Training
When to Go
THE PLAN
Operation Kingpin-Son Tay Camp
The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club Joins the Mission
Last-Minute Intelligence Puzzles Everyone
Waiting in Thailand to Launch
We Are Going to Rescue American Prisoners
THE RAID
Operation Kingpin Launches
The Assault on Son Tay
The Secondary School Battle
Negative Items, I Repeat, Negative Items!
The Air Battle
The US Navy Launches Their Mission
Firebird 5 Goes Down
Extraction and Rescue
THE AFTERMATH
Shock Among the Raiders and the Political Fallout Back Home
What Happened to the POWs?
Mystery of the Secondary School
ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
Efforts to Find the Prisoners of War
ORIGINS Polar Circle and the Planning Phase
The Legendary Arthur "Bull" Simons Assembles His Men
INITIAL STRATEGY
Operation Ivory Coast: Training and Preparation for the Rescue
Intelligence on the POWs and Son Tay
Bureaucracy, Support, and Logistics
POW Needs After the Rescue
Training for the Ground Forces
The Air Component Training
When to Go
THE PLAN
Operation Kingpin-Son Tay Camp
The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club Joins the Mission
Last-Minute Intelligence Puzzles Everyone
Waiting in Thailand to Launch
We Are Going to Rescue American Prisoners
THE RAID
Operation Kingpin Launches
The Assault on Son Tay
The Secondary School Battle
Negative Items, I Repeat, Negative Items!
The Air Battle
The US Navy Launches Their Mission
Firebird 5 Goes Down
Extraction and Rescue
THE AFTERMATH
Shock Among the Raiders and the Political Fallout Back Home
What Happened to the POWs?
Mystery of the Secondary School
ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
---|---|
Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9781472863010 |
ISBN-10: | 1472863011 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Williamson, Justin |
Illustrator: |
Groult, Edouard A
Rodríguez, Irene Cano |
Hersteller: | Bloomsbury USA |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 244 x 182 x 8 mm |
Von/Mit: | Justin Williamson |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 26.11.2024 |
Gewicht: | 0,258 kg |
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