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Navy SEALs : their untold story /

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 mor...

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Main Authors: Couch, Dick, 1943- (Author)
Group Author: Doyle, William, 1957- (Interviewer); Fleisher, Carol L. (writer of afterword.); Bonelli, Rear Admiral Garry J.
Published: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
Publisher Address: New York, New York :
Publication Dates: 2015.
©2014
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First William Morrow paperback edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Navy. > SEALs.
United States. > Navy. > SEALs > History.
United States. > Navy > Commando troops.
Summary: 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.
Carrier Form: xxii, 311 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780062336613 (paperback) :
0062336614 (paperback)
Index Number: VG87
CLC: K837.125.2
E712.53-09
Call Number: K837.125.2/C853
Contents: Naval Special Warfare Command Organizations -- Preface / William Doyle -- Preface / Dick Couch -- Authors note -- Fantastic hour -- Dawn of the naked warriors -- Hot war, cold water -- Birth of the SEALs -- Into the jungle -- Tragedy and resurrection: the post-Vietnam years -- Terror and destiny: Mideast and antiterror operations -- Epilogue -- Afterword / Rear Admiral Garry J Bonelli -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: U S Special Operations Command Structure -- Appendix B: Naval special Warfare Command-Missions and Structure -- Appendix C: Overview of Naval Special Warfare Legacy Units / Tom Hawkins -- Appendix D: Seal Ethos/Creed -- Appendix E: Those who made the ultimate sacrifice -- Notes on key sources -- Index.

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