00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217612810753 Buklod 20230214004941.0 m |o d | ta 180804s xx d r |||| u| 9780061661228 (hbd.) (iLib)UPD-00366413636 DLC DVAN rda eng DS 371.412 B44 2010 Blehm, Eric author. The only thing worth dying for how eleven Green Berets forged a new Afghanistan Eric Blehm. First edition. New York Harper [2010] 375 pages, [16] pages of plates illustrations, maps 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references. A most dangerous mission -- The quiet professionals -- To war -- The soldier and the statesman -- The Taliban patrol -- The battle of Tarin Kowt -- Credibility -- Madness -- Death on the horizon -- The ruins -- The thirteenth sortie -- Futility -- Rescue at Shawali Kowt -- Worth dying for. The author exposes the realities of unconventional warfare and nation-building in Afghanistan in this chronicle of one of the most important military mission in the early days of the Global War on Terror--ODA 574--wherein a Special Forces team infiltrated the mountains of southern Afghanistan, fomented a tribal revolt, and forced the Taliban to surrender. Karzai, Hamid 1957-. United States. Army. Special Forces History 21st century. Afghan War, 2001- Commando operations United States. Afghanistan Politics and government 2001-. Book http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010007869-b.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010007869-d.html Publisher description UPD DVAN DS 371.412 B44 2010 Book