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Title: Hunting Down Saddam : The Inside Story of the Search and Capture by Robin Moore ISBN: 0-312-32916-4 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 18 March, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Classic Non-Fiction on Operation Iraqi Freedom
Comment: Robin Moore does it again, and documents firsthand experiences from soldiers involved in Operation Iraqi Freedom. This book is a first-rate non-fiction read that is destined to become a textbook and reference of lessons learned for future conflicts. From the classic Unconventional Warfare Missions of Special Forces as they destroy one of the largest terrorist camps and terrorist organizations in Northern Iraq, to the 101st (AA) light infantry division as they ride into battle with an embedded reporter and their raid on the hideout of Uday and Qusay, and finally to the tactical operations of the 4th ID, a US heavy division operating around Tikrit and their collaboration with the Special Operators of Task Force 121 and later combined operations in the capturing of Saddam. This book is highly recommended by experienced war experts, veterans, veterans of Special Forces, and is receiving unprecedented positive reviews by the news media, such as Imus, FOX, CNN, MSNBC, NY cable stations, and National Radio Shows; a must read for those that want an insight of the war in Iraq.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great read, even though skimpy on Spec Ops
Comment: Initially this book was somewhat dissapointed in that Moore barely mentions any of the operations carried out by Spec Op troops in IRAQI FREEDOM. IGoing in I expected the emphasis to be placed on the vast scope of spec op missions i Iraq, such as the SEALs and GROM taking down Oil rigs off Um Qasr, the raid on Haditha Dam by 75th Rangers etc. Sadly Moore only covrs the war in the North and West by Speial Forces of the 5th and 10th Groups, and surprisingly these were really not very good accounts. The level of you-are-there type of feeling so well depicted in The Hunt for Bin Laden is really missing from these accounts. I was excited that Moore got into the raid on Ansar Islam camps but really this section was sketchy and quite boring.
What saves this book though is the about 70 page chapter written by LTC Steve Russell from 4th ID describing in highly intimate detail what the day to day life combatting the insurgency in Tikrit is like. LTC Russell gives a no BS account of the insurgency with honor, sadness, and sharp wit.
THe chapter on the actual namesake of the book, specifically hunting Saddam is very good despite its short length, and it is surprisingly in depth for events that happened less than 3 months ago
So if you are looking for an in depth account of Sec Ops in IRAQI FREEDOM look elsewhere, but check this book out to get an inside view of the post war insurgency.
Rating: 5
Summary: More to Follow
Comment: Mr. Moore writes a solid account of events that led up to the capture of Saddam. Robin the author of the Green Berets, the French Connection to name a few and Well respected amoungst Green Berets. Robin Moore successfully completed the Special Forces Course before going to Vietnam.........the only civilian to ever do that. And with his condition (Parkinson) he still went to Iraq to get the real story from soldiers who were part of the capture. You gotta love and respect this man! Unlike some wanna be's that pretend to have attended the course, and fought in battle, i think you know who you are, shame on you. I must say for you ji to take a shot at Robin and the man who wrote the forward is brave, I've known both Robin and MV for a longtime, and was with MV in 90-91 when we he fired shots in anger, I ought to know, i was with him........
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Title: In the Company of Soldiers : A Chronicle of Combat by Rick Atkinson ISBN: 0805075615 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad by David Zucchino, Mark Bowden ISBN: 0871139111 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: 11 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Boots on the Ground: A Month with the 82nd Airborne in the Battle for Iraq by Karl Zinsmeister ISBN: 0312326637 Publisher: Truman Talley Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Shadow Wars: Special Forces in the New Battle Against Terrorism by David Pugliese ISBN: 189589624X Publisher: Esprit de Corps Books Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Special Operations in Iraq by Mike Ryan ISBN: 1844150321 Publisher: Pen & Sword Pub. Date: June, 2004 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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