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Title: The Guts to Try by Colonel James H. Kyle, L.J. Ganser ISBN: 0-7393-0255-8 Publisher: Random House Audio Roads Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An incredibly detailed description of a mission.
Comment: This exhaustive description of the planning and execution of Operation Eagle Claw, the attempt to rescue the Iranian hostages, gives the reader a sense of how complex the mission was. There is an old aphorism about the military that says, "The amateur talks about tactics and strategy while the professional talks logistics." This is one of the few military books I have read that provides enough (almost too much depending on your taste) detail about what it takes to carry out a mission deep in enemy territory. At the beginning, after realizing the problems they faced, I could not see how they could succeed. That they came as close as they did is what is truly amazing. It also speaks to the decrepit state of the military seven years after the end of the Viet Nam War. They had the men but lacked adequate resources. Fortunately changes were coming. This story helped to lead the way.
Rating: 5
Summary: Review by a key participant in the rescue attempt
Comment: I was the commander of the MC-130 squadron chosen to participate in the mission. Jim Kyle, author of "The Guts to Try", was my boss throughout the preparation for the mission. I had kept detailed notes on all the training, rehearsal, etc., with the intent to write my own book. I am the one mentioned on page 7 in the "guts to try" story that lead to the book's title. I was the commander of the 5 Air Force fatalities at Desert One. Col Kyle and I were raked over the coals by the US Senate and House military committees with Kyle taking most of the heat over the accident. I went on to be the chief air planner for preparation for the second attempt buy Kyle was replaced by General Richard Secord as the senior Air Force member of the task force. I therefore surrendered by notes to Kyle and helped him put together the book rather than pursue my own. He did a remarkable job in telling the story correctly. Out of the ashes of Desert One has emerged a capability to do Special Ops better and with few casualties. "The Guts to Try" is an important accounting of the bottoming out and rebirth of Special Ops. Few people realize how much our capability improved during the 5 1/2 months of preparation--this book helps the reader realize that there was more to be proud about associated with Desert One than is apparent. Special Ops would have achieved its current high capability eventually---but Desert One and Jim's book got us there quicker. Roland Guidry,...
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Account of Operation Eagle Claw
Comment: Excellent account of the planning and execution, and ultimate failure, of Operation Eagle Claw. This book is just as good as Charlie Beckwith's "Delta Force," but much less famous. It covers the overall planning of Eagle Claw at a joint-forces administrative level above Beckwith, and covers the joint-forces command of the actual mission, since Kyle was the overall commander at Desert One. The mechanical and personal failures of the helocopters and their crews are also discussed, as well as Kyle's conclusions on why the mission failed. Beckwith's book covers SFOD-Delta issues more closely, but Kyle's book examines why Eagle Claw failed.
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Title: In the Company of Heroes: A True Story by Michael J. Durant, Steven Hartov, Mark Bowden ISBN: 0399150609 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 08 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: No Room for Error: The Covert Operations of America's Special Tactics Units from Iran To Afghanistan by Benjamin F. Schemmer, Col. John T. Carney ISBN: 0345453336 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Raid : The Son Tay Prison Rescue Mission by Benjamin F. Schemmer ISBN: 0345446968 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 25 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Delta Force : The Army's Elite Counterterrorist Unit by Charlie A. Beckwith, Donald Knox ISBN: 0380809397 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Green Berets at War : U.S. Army Special Forces in Southeast Asia, 1956-1975 by Shelby L. Stanton ISBN: 0804118841 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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