Tom Neven

Gebundenes Buch

The Most Successful Failure: Operation Eagle Claw and the Birth of Modern Special Operations Forces

Beschreibung

Modern U.S. special operations forces owe their existence to a disaster in the middle of the Iranian desert in April 1980 and the lessons learnt from this failed attempt to rescue American hostages.

Autor

Tom Neven served seven years in the Marine Corps as an M-60 machine-gunner and as an embassy guard in Africa and Europe. He has written for many publications, including Marine Corps Gazette, Leatherneck, The Washington Post, The Denver Post, and Rocky Mountain News. He spent 14 years in the History & Research Office at U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, researching, writing, and editing studies and reports on a broad array of special operations topics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Casemate
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781636245645
• ISBN-10: 1636245641
• Artikelnr.: 72186368