True Stories of the Elite Forces: Real Life Accounts of the World's Crack Military Units

Lewis, Jon E. [editor]

ISBN 10: 0786700327 / ISBN 13: 9780786700325

Published by Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., New York, 1993

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Trade paperback. 277pp., First edition, first printing. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh copy. Near fine. Seller Inventory # 006490

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Title: True Stories of the Elite Forces: Real Life ...

Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., New York

Publication Date: 1993

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: First Edition

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Synopsis:

Recounts the exploits of the highly trained special and sometimes secret armies responsible for the most spectacular successes in modern warfare, from the Green Berets to the Israeli Paratroop Regiment

From Library Journal:

Lewis presents a collection of 15 excerpts from assorted military writings that are a tenuously related as accounts of particularly successful or closely knit ("elite") units. They range from World War II through Dien Bien Phu to the Falklands. Some, such as Vladimir Peniakoff's cheerfully British account of desert warfare in Tunisia ("Popski's Private Army") and Otto Skorzeny's self-serving tale of his rescue of Mussolini, are well known. Others, such as the nearly incomprehensible excerpt from a longer work on the Entebbe rescue, are well worth skipping. Many librarians may find this more suitable for YA collections; in any case, it is only for the most dedicated collector of militaria.
- Edwin B. Bur gess, U.S. Army TRALINET Ctr., Fort Monroe, Va.
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