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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This book is composed of individual essays that I have written over the last 15 years. They address a variety of topics ranging from the 1944 Normandy invasion to other combat areas that I have had significant personal experience with, beginning with Vietnam through the birth of today's special operations forces. Much of the real background history has been lost over time and I wish to memorialize it while I still can. Above all else, these essays are a salute to the infantry: Army and Marine, who among our military, have borne the greatest burden in all our wars and conflicts since the birth of this nation. I have written these essays with the hope that the lay reader can learn to appreciate the experience of the uniformed participant in our national conflicts and understand the sacrifices and issues that a very small portion of our population experiences on behalf of us all. Normandy has been a particular obsession of mine since I was 10 years old. I commanded the 40th anniversary return to Normandy by the 82d Airborne in 1984 and have been returning there every year to provide staff rides to the U.S. and Allied soldiers and airmen that arrive each year. I have had the privilege of walking the ground with many of the original veterans and gaining insights that no history book contains. I firmly believe that the invasion was the greatest single effort our civilization has ever undertaken and probably ever will. It represents a microcosm of what we are as a people and what our uniformed personnel are all about. It and they are unique. Normandy is unique, hallowed, and largely untouched ground and above all else, it is the story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, which is the foundation of our nation. Vietnam was the war for my generation. Among many things, I learned to appreciate the qualities of other nationalities as well as the frailties and shortcomings of my own. Above all else, Vietnam gave me a very personal lifelong appreciation for the common soldier doing his work in an uncommon manner; he above all else deserves our respect and appreciation. Grenada was a true watershed in our history. It put the ills of Vietnam behind us, gave us a renewed sense of national pride and was the epitome of what America is all about - returning democracy to those that had lost it and acting as a symbol of selfless sacrifice for something greater than each of us. Grenada, with its failures, provided the impetus for badly needed reforms to the special operations community and spawned all the tools and capabilities that today we take for granted. The Desert Wars have been a huge national stress test for our military. Years of difficult grunt labor for ambiguous purposes and possibly lost causes have not diminished in the slightest the strength and will of our uniformed Americans, despite the fact that they deserve far more than what their nation has granted them in return for their service. Reflections is a collection of comments and observations that have no specific geographical or campaign purpose but make specific points regarding issues and people. The Special Operations experience was perhaps the most meaningful for me on a personal basis. I was there in the beginning with the Iran hostage rescue attempt and saw on a very personal basis how the services resisted and fought creation and enhancement of the capabilities we now enjoy and take for granted. I had a small part in the creation of what we see today as born through the Nunn-Cohen Amendment, MFP 11 (SOF Funding), and Goldwater-Nichols. Despite the institutional pain I suffered as a result of the association, I wear the scars with great pride and know that the capabilities and values will remain long after my passing.…

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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. An arresting account of the birth of SOF through the prism of the Iran Hostage Rescue attempt by a direct observer.

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Paperback. Zustand: New. "Phoenix Rising provides readers with two great services. First, it offers a truly unique perspective on Operation EAGLE CLAW. Additionally, it presents an excellent history of the evolution of USSOCOM. The combination of this subject matter and the outstanding readability of the volume make this one of those rare one-sit reads." - On Point: The Journal of Army History_x000D__x000D_"As a junior officer and the lowest ranking 'gopher' at the creation of these forces, I saw how the several Services had great reservations regarding SOF to the point of studied dislike of it and a distinct distaste for its inclusion as a member of their force structure. The single lone exception was Army Chief of Staff Shy Myer, who saw terrorism and asymmetrical warfare as the emerging National threat and worked to build a missing capability. He did this as a lone wolf in that much of the Army leadership as well as the other Services, looked upon SOF as a high-risk loose cannon on their stable conventional deck."Phoenix Rising recounts the paradoxical birth of SOF through the prism of Operation Eagle Claw, the failed attempt to rescue fifty-two Americans held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. When terrorists captured the Embassy on November 4, 1979, the Joint Chiefs of Staff quickly realized that the United States lacked the military capability to launch a rescue. There was no precedent for the mission, a mission that came with extraordinary restrictions and required a unique force to take it on. With no existent command structure or budget, this force would have to be built from scratch in utmost secrecy, and draw on every branch of the U.S. military. Keith Nightingale, then a major, was Deputy Operations Officer and the junior member of Joint Task Force Eagle Claw, commanded by Major General James Vaught. Based on Nightingale's detailed diary, Phoenix Rising vividly describes the personalities involved, the issues they faced, and the actions they took, from the conception of the operation to its hair-raising launch and execution. His historically significant post-analysis of Eagle Claw gives unparalleled insight into how a very dedicated group of people from the Chief of Staff of the Army to lower-ranking personnel subjugated personal ambition to grow the forces necessary to address the emerging terrorist threat-a threat which the majority of uniformed leadership and their political masters denied in 1979. The Special Operations capability of the United States today is the ultimate proof of their success.…

Paperback. Zustand: New. "If you want to know about war, Keith Nightingale is your man." Tom Ricks, Pulitzer-Prize winning military correspondent. Keith Nightingale's accomplishments in both military and civilian life contribute the unusual depth as well as breadth of this Vietnam memoir. He was American advisor to elite Vietnamese troops, a vital perspective regrettably underrepresented in the literature of Vietnam. He brings to this book his well-informed considerations of enemy psychology, and insight into the dedication and often misunderstood role of the elite Vietnamese Ranger forces. The intelligence acquired from debriefing captured Rangers was significant - their captors had told them that the entire battle had been a carefully staged attack planned by COSVN as part of a larger 'Total War' strategy developed by the leadership of the North Vietnamese Army. Also included is his own eye-witness account of one of the most vicious - and heretofore forgotten - battles of the war. Throughout Nightingale adopts a third-person perspective in order to give the reader a wider view on events, and from all sides of the conflict. Examples of these multi-layered perspectives - based on real-life characters he met - include: Hu, a VC 'informant' whose false information led the Rangers straight into the jaws of a ferocious ambush; General Tanh, the COSVN commander; Major Nguyen Hiep, the 52d Ranger Commander; and Ranger Prisoners of War, later returned by the North.  The result is an intense and thought-provoking memoir, reflecting close combat on the ground in Vietnam - one which targets our senses with the sights, sounds, textures, and even the tastes of war - but also leaves us with an enduring appreciation of the conflict from all sides.…

Paperback. Zustand: New. "Phoenix Rising provides readers with two great services. First, it offers a truly unique perspective on Operation EAGLE CLAW. Additionally, it presents an excellent history of the evolution of USSOCOM. The combination of this subject matter and the outstanding readability of the volume make this one of those rare one-sit reads." - On Point: The Journal of Army History_x000D__x000D_"As a junior officer and the lowest ranking 'gopher' at the creation of these forces, I saw how the several Services had great reservations regarding SOF to the point of studied dislike of it and a distinct distaste for its inclusion as a member of their force structure. The single lone exception was Army Chief of Staff Shy Myer, who saw terrorism and asymmetrical warfare as the emerging National threat and worked to build a missing capability. He did this as a lone wolf in that much of the Army leadership as well as the other Services, looked upon SOF as a high-risk loose cannon on their stable conventional deck."Phoenix Rising recounts the paradoxical birth of SOF through the prism of Operation Eagle Claw, the failed attempt to rescue fifty-two Americans held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. When terrorists captured the Embassy on November 4, 1979, the Joint Chiefs of Staff quickly realized that the United States lacked the military capability to launch a rescue. There was no precedent for the mission, a mission that came with extraordinary restrictions and required a unique force to take it on. With no existent command structure or budget, this force would have to be built from scratch in utmost secrecy, and draw on every branch of the U.S. military. Keith Nightingale, then a major, was Deputy Operations Officer and the junior member of Joint Task Force Eagle Claw, commanded by Major General James Vaught. Based on Nightingale's detailed diary, Phoenix Rising vividly describes the personalities involved, the issues they faced, and the actions they took, from the conception of the operation to its hair-raising launch and execution. His historically significant post-analysis of Eagle Claw gives unparalleled insight into how a very dedicated group of people from the Chief of Staff of the Army to lower-ranking personnel subjugated personal ambition to grow the forces necessary to address the emerging terrorist threat-a threat which the majority of uniformed leadership and their political masters denied in 1979. The Special Operations capability of the United States today is the ultimate proof of their success.…

Paperback. Zustand: New. June 1967 saw the 52nd Rangers tasked with destroying a Viet Cong base near the Dong Ngai river, where they were almost immediately ambushed by an entire regiment. Aided by the reports of those who were taken prisoner, the battalion's advisor presents an account of the battle, examining the combat, intelligence and command of the conflict.…

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Paperback. Zustand: New. "If you want to know about war, Keith Nightingale is your man." Tom Ricks, Pulitzer-Prize winning military correspondent. Keith Nightingale's accomplishments in both military and civilian life contribute the unusual depth as well as breadth of this Vietnam memoir. He was American advisor to elite Vietnamese troops, a vital perspective regrettably underrepresented in the literature of Vietnam. He brings to this book his well-informed considerations of enemy psychology, and insight into the dedication and often misunderstood role of the elite Vietnamese Ranger forces. The intelligence acquired from debriefing captured Rangers was significant - their captors had told them that the entire battle had been a carefully staged attack planned by COSVN as part of a larger 'Total War' strategy developed by the leadership of the North Vietnamese Army. Also included is his own eye-witness account of one of the most vicious - and heretofore forgotten - battles of the war. Throughout Nightingale adopts a third-person perspective in order to give the reader a wider view on events, and from all sides of the conflict. Examples of these multi-layered perspectives - based on real-life characters he met - include: Hu, a VC 'informant' whose false information led the Rangers straight into the jaws of a ferocious ambush; General Tanh, the COSVN commander; Major Nguyen Hiep, the 52d Ranger Commander; and Ranger Prisoners of War, later returned by the North.  The result is an intense and thought-provoking memoir, reflecting close combat on the ground in Vietnam - one which targets our senses with the sights, sounds, textures, and even the tastes of war - but also leaves us with an enduring appreciation of the conflict from all sides.…

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Hardback. Zustand: New. Keith Nightingale's accomplishments in both military and civilian life largely contribute to the excellence of Living and Breathing as a memoir of unusual depth as well as breadth. Uniquely adopting a third-person omniscient point of view, Nightingale eschews the "I" of memoir in favour of multiple perspectives and a larger historical vision that afford equal time and weight to ally and enemy alike. Examples of the many perspectives based on real-life characters include: Hu, a VC 'informant' whose false information led the Rangers straight into the jaws of a ferocious ambush; General Tanh, the COSVN commander; Major Nguyen Hiep, the 52d Ranger Commander; and Ranger POWs later returned by the North. Nightingale moreover offers the point of view of an American advisor to elite Vietnamese troops, a vital perspective regrettably underrepresented in the literature of Vietnam, including Burns' documentary. Added to this are well-informed conjecture of enemy psychology; insight into the dedication and often misunderstood role of the elite Vietnamese Ranger forces; the intelligence acquired from debriefing captured Rangers, whose captors had told them that the entire battle had been a carefully staged attack planned by COSVN as part of a larger Total War strategy developed by the leadership of the North Vietnamese Army; and an eye-witness account by a gifted author who is a rare survivor of one of the most vicious - and heretofore forgotten - battles of the war.…

Hardback. Zustand: New. Phoenix Rising recounts the paradoxical birth of SOF through the prism of Operation Eagle Claw, the failed attempt to rescue fifty-two Americans held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. When terrorists captured the Embassy on November 4, 1979, the Joint Chiefs of Staff quickly realized that the United States lacked the military capability to launch a rescue. There was no precedent for the mission, a mission that came with extraordinary restrictions and required a unique force to take it on. With no existent command structure or budget, this force would have to be built from scratch in utmost secrecy, and draw on every branch of the U.S. military.  Keith Nightingale, then a major, was Deputy Operations Officer and the junior member of Joint Task Force Eagle Claw, commanded by Major General James Vaught. Based on Nightingale's detailed diary, Phoenix Rising vividly describes the personalities involved, the issues they faced, and the actions they took, from the conception of the operation to its hair-raising launch and execution. His historically significant post-analysis of Eagle Claw gives unparalleled insight into how a very dedicated group of people from the Chief of Staff of the Army to lower-ranking personnel subjugated personal ambition to grow the forces necessary to address the emerging terrorist threat - a threat which the majority of uniformed leadership and their political masters denied in 1979. The Special Operations capability of the United States today is the ultimate proof of their success.…

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Hardback. Zustand: New. Ever since Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, the men who survived have sought to return, to honour their dead, and to teach others of what they went through to liberate Europe.  Soldier Keith Nightingale has conducted terrain walks in Normandy for over forty years with veterans, active-duty military, and local French civilians. Over the decades Nightingale conducted dozens of formal interviews and informal conversations with many of the principals of the day, including Generals Bradley, Collins, Gavin, Ridgway and Hill. Added to this rare, new primary material from the top brass are numerous conversations with lower-ranking vets who did the heavy lifting, many of which took place as they actually walked the battlefield with Nightingale - Major Howard of Pegasus Bridge; LTC Otway of Merville Battery; Captain Piper of La Fière Bridge; LTC Vandervoort, CO of the 2-505/82d; Cpt Raeen of the 5th Rangers; Lt Dick Winters of Brécourt Manor; PFC Marcucci of Omaha Beach; and SSG Lem Lomell of Pointe Du Hoc. This unique approach to D-Day combines the author's discussions with veteran and civilian participants in D-Day, his personal reflections on Operation Overlord, and the insights that occur - often at the very site of a battle. Interspersed with veterans' remarks, Nightingale's personal essays are inspired by specific discussions or multiple interviews. Taken together, the succinct, human observations of these participants illuminate the hard facts to create a unique work of long-lasting interest that will attract specialists, military history buffs, armchair generals, and general readers alike.…

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Hardback. Zustand: New. Keith Nightingale's accomplishments in both military and civilian life largely contribute to the excellence of Living and Breathing as a memoir of unusual depth as well as breadth. Uniquely adopting a third-person omniscient point of view, Nightingale eschews the "I" of memoir in favour of multiple perspectives and a larger historical vision that afford equal time and weight to ally and enemy alike. Examples of the many perspectives based on real-life characters include: Hu, a VC 'informant' whose false information led the Rangers straight into the jaws of a ferocious ambush; General Tanh, the COSVN commander; Major Nguyen Hiep, the 52d Ranger Commander; and Ranger POWs later returned by the North. Nightingale moreover offers the point of view of an American advisor to elite Vietnamese troops, a vital perspective regrettably underrepresented in the literature of Vietnam, including Burns' documentary. Added to this are well-informed conjecture of enemy psychology; insight into the dedication and often misunderstood role of the elite Vietnamese Ranger forces; the intelligence acquired from debriefing captured Rangers, whose captors had told them that the entire battle had been a carefully staged attack planned by COSVN as part of a larger Total War strategy developed by the leadership of the North Vietnamese Army; and an eye-witness account by a gifted author who is a rare survivor of one of the most vicious - and heretofore forgotten - battles of the war.…

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