Navy SEALs : their untold story / Dick Couch and William Doyle ; including interviews by Carol L. Fleischer ; afterword by Rear Admiral Garry J. Bonelli (USN Ret.), Ninth Force Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: First editionDescription: xxii, 310 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0062336606 (hc)
- 9780062336606 (hc)
- 9780062336613
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 359.984 C853 | Available | 33111007915735 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The most complete history of the U.S. Navy SEALs--from their roots in World War II to their celebrated efforts in the War on Terror--written with the unprecedented cooperation of the Naval Special Warfare community. The book will tie-in with a fall 2014 PBS series.
Over the last fifty years, a small Navy unit has evolved into the world's most celebrated fighting force: the U.S. Navy SEALs. Until now, their stories have been sealed in the chambers of operational secrecy--and the brotherhood of SEAL anonymity. Drawing on exclusive interviews with more than 100 former special operators, highly respected retired SEAL Dick Couch and award-winning author Bill Doyle record their stories in Navy Seals and give us the epic chronicle these legendary warriors deserve.
Navy Seals charts the SEALs story, from their origins in the daring Naval Combat Demolition Teams, Underwater Demolition Teams, Scouts and Raiders commando units, and OSS Operational Swimmers of WWII to their coming of age in Vietnam and rise to glory in Iraq and Afghanistan after 9/11. Illustrated with 40-pages of photographs, here are the greatest missions of the world's most legendary special operators--in their own words.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-293) and index.
The fantastic hour -- Dawn of the naked warriors -- Hot war, cold water -- The birth of the SEALs -- Into the jungle -- Tragedy and resurrection : the post-Vietnam years -- Terror and destiny : Mideast and antiterror operations.
Written with the cooperation of the Naval Special Warfare community, here is the definitive history of the U.S. Navy SEALs, a chronicle that reveals the inside story behind the greatest combat operations of our nation's most celebrated warriors. The authors draw on exclusive interviews with more than 100 special operators (including multiple Medal of Honor recipients), as well as thousands of pages of declassified documents, to create a vivid portrait of the SEALS in action.