Kill Bin Laden
A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man
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Publisher Description
The New York Times bestseller Kill Bin Laden is an explosive first-hand account of a Delta Force commando's hunt for the world's most wanted man.
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 formally known as 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta; more popularly, the elite and mysterious unit Delta Force.
Told by senior ranking military officer Dalton Fury, 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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this firsthand account of a Delta Force operative involved in the hunt for Osama bin Laden in the months following September 11 up through the Battle of Tora Bora, the pseudonymous Fury explains how and why bin Laden was able to escape because of poor decisions and the shaky alliance between the U.S., Pakistan and Afghanistan. While the arguments for the failure to capture bin Laden are interesting, Fury's account of his training and the Delta Force exploits prove more compelling, giving readers insight into the range of skill and expertise of this elite military group. David Drummond proves a curious choice since he doesn't have a commanding and authoritative voice that one may expect from a text written from a military perspective, yet his firm yet nonchalant tone works well with Fury's prose, revealing an agreeable personality. However, Drummond's voice doesn't elicit the sense of danger that some of the more chaotic scenes require. A St. Martin's Press hardcover.
Customer Reviews
Must read
Very insightful story of an important piece of American history.
A rare perspective
This book presents a look at the first days of the largely untold story of the fight in Tora Bora. The most striking detail to take away is the delicate nature and nonstop frustrations of the relationships with the Afghanistan alliances and tribal groups. The important overall lesson: a small team of US commandos took over a mountain range and decimated the enemy in just a couple of days, while the Russians failed to take over the same area after ten years of fighting the same enemy.
Amazing!
Extremely well written and very interesting!