Black Ops: The Rise of Special Forces in the C.I.A., the S.A.S., and Mossad

by Tony Geraghty

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After eight challenging years in Afghanistan, the new U.S. strategy, aimed at winning hearts and minds rather than search-and-destroy, refocuses the conflict on Special Forces: unorthodox soldiers who work outside of traditional military forces to combine secret military operations with nation building. Tony Geraghty, an expert author in this field for almost thirty years, unveils the extraordinary evolution of this refined style of war-making from its roots in anti-guerrilla warfare in Ireland and Palestine, by way of the creation of the C.I.A., the S.A.S., the Green Berets, and America Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.), and many others. Israel's Special Forces, including Mossad, are an organic part of the same coherent history, and their story is narrated here for the first time.

This history is more than a tale of derring-do, although James Bond-like characters stalk every page. it is a sweeping examination of Black Ops at a time when they represent the future of an open-ended global war against terrorism.
  • ISBN10 1453218270
  • ISBN13 9781453218273
  • Publish Date 12 July 2011 (first published 19 June 2010)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Pegasus Books
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 496
  • Language English