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No Room For Error: The Covert Operations of America's Spcial Tactics Units from Iran to Afghanistan

When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite "special Tactics" team in the late 1970s to work with special-operations forces, John T. Carney was the man they turned to. Since then Carney and the U.S. Air Force Special Tactics units have circled the world on clandestine missions. They have combated terrorists and overthrown dangerous dictators. They have suffered eighteen times the casualty rate of America's conventional forces. But they have gotten the job done. Now, for the first time, Colonel Carney lifts the veil of secrecy and reveals in No Room For Error what really goes on inside the special-operations forces that are at the forefront of contemporary warfare.

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No Room For Error: The Covert Operations of America's Spcial Tactics Units from Iran to Afghanistan

When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite "special Tactics" team in the late 1970s to work with special-operations forces, John T. Carney was the man they turned to. Since then Carney and the U.S. Air Force Special Tactics units have circled the world on clandestine missions. They have combated terrorists and overthrown dangerous dictators. They have suffered eighteen times the casualty rate of America's conventional forces. But they have gotten the job done. Now, for the first time, Colonel Carney lifts the veil of secrecy and reveals in No Room For Error what really goes on inside the special-operations forces that are at the forefront of contemporary warfare.

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No Room For Error: The Covert Operations of America's Spcial Tactics Units from Iran to Afghanistan

No Room For Error: The Covert Operations of America's Spcial Tactics Units from Iran to Afghanistan

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No Room For Error: The Covert Operations of America's Spcial Tactics Units from Iran to Afghanistan

Overview

When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite "special Tactics" team in the late 1970s to work with special-operations forces, John T. Carney was the man they turned to. Since then Carney and the U.S. Air Force Special Tactics units have circled the world on clandestine missions. They have combated terrorists and overthrown dangerous dictators. They have suffered eighteen times the casualty rate of America's conventional forces. But they have gotten the job done. Now, for the first time, Colonel Carney lifts the veil of secrecy and reveals in No Room For Error what really goes on inside the special-operations forces that are at the forefront of contemporary warfare.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 2000003502271
Publisher: Listen & Live Audio, Inc.
Publication date: 06/30/2006
Edition description: Unabridged

About the Author

Colonel John T. Carney was the first commanding officer of the USAF's Special Tactics Unit, which grew from an ad hoc six-man "pick up" team in 1977 into a Group of seven squadrons deployed worldwide by the time he retired in 1991, and which helped win the war in Afghanistan. Col. Carney is now President of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.

Benjamin F. Schemmer, a West Point graduate, Ranger and paratrooper, is uniquely qualified to write on military matters from several vantage points. His military service included three years in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where became director if land-force weapons systems. From 1968 to 1992, he edited the privately owned Armed Forces Journal International and later Strategic Review, published by the United States Strategic Institute. He has written major feature articles for The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times, and is a frequent lecturer at the military command, staff, and war colleges. He has appeared on network and cable news including, ABC, CNN, Larry King Live, and Crossfire.

Patrick Girard Lawlor, a classically trained stage actor, has performed on-stage throughout the United States and Europe. He has appeared in several feature films, as well as on the television series, "L.A. Heat." His extensive work as an audiobook narrator has garnered numerous awards, including the Audie Award nomination.

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