An inside account of seven defining Special Operations missions includes Bat-21, the Vietnam War's longest search and rescue mission; Operation Eagle Claw, the costly operation to retrieve American hostages in Iran; and Basher 52, a mission to rescue a captain shot down over Bosnia's no-fly zone. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
DWIGHT JON ZIMMERMAN has written extensively on military-history subjects for American Heritage, the Naval Institute Press, Vietnam Magazine, and numerous military-themed publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
JOHN D. GRESHAM is a veteran military analyst and co-author with Tom Clancy on his bestselling series of nonfiction "guided tour" books about military units, including Special Forces and Marines. He lives in Virginia.