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Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man

Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man
Author: Dalton Fury
Creator: Col.(r) David Hunt
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book

List Price: $25.95
Buy New: $14.99
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 50 reviews
Sales Rank: 1639

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3

ISBN: 0312384394
Dewey Decimal Number: 958.1047
EAN: 9780312384395
ASIN: 0312384394

Publication Date: October 6, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description

The mission was to kill the most wanted man in the world--an operation of such magnitude that it couldn’t be handled by just any military or intelligence force. The best America had to offer was needed. As such, the task was handed to roughly forty members of America’s supersecret counterterrorist unit formerly known as 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta; more popularly, the elite and mysterious unit Delta Force.
The American generals were flexible. A swatch of hair, a drop of blood, or simply a severed finger wrapped in plastic would be sufficient. Delta's orders were to go into harm's way and prove to the world bin Laden had been terminated.
These Delta warriors had help: a dozen of the British Queen’s elite commandos, another dozen or so Army Green Berets, and six intelligence operatives from the CIA who laid the groundwork by providing cash, guns, bullets, intelligence, and interrogation skills to this clandestine military force. Together, this team waged modern siege of epic proportions against bin Laden and his seemingly impenetrable cave sanctuary burrowed deep inside the Spin Ghar Mountain range in eastern Afghanistan.
Over the years, since the battle ended, scores of news stories have surfaced offering tidbits of information about what actually happened in Tora Bora. Most of it is conjecture and speculation.
This is the real story of the operation, the first eyewitness account of the Battle of Tora Bora, and the first book to detail just how close Delta Force came to capturing bin Laden, how close U.S. bombers and fighter aircraft came to killing him, and exactly why he slipped through our fingers. Lastly, this is an extremely rare inside look at the shadowy world of Delta Force and a detailed account of these warriors in battle.




Customer Reviews:   Read 45 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars In War There Is No Substitute For Victory   January 5, 2009
Michael L. Slavin (New Jersey)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

The mission was a partial success. Al Qaeda suffered. But, bin Laden escaped. Who's to blame? Certainly not Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton. Not the courageous members of Delta Force who were there or the Green Berets who were held back. Key CIA operatives showed bravery in the field but backed questionable allies. The warlord generals who had their own agendas were definitely contributors. Also in play was the "no-win" philosophy that seems to permeate the views of many ranking military officers to such a degree that President Bush when arguing for the Iraq Surge at a high level meeting is supposed to have said "doesn't anyone ever think of winning?". This is a valuable book written by an American hero.


5 out of 5 stars Great Read   December 29, 2008
L. Taylor (Virginia)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

This was a great read - hard to put down. It's nice to know that we have guys like this watching our back. We learn about some elite capabilities of our forces but are reminded that we live in an imperfect world - tribal differences, alliances, government BS, etc.

All part of some higher powers' checks and balances, but painful to see when the goal is so close.


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