Hunting al Qaeda by Anonymous
Beast 85 was the call name for a direct action assault team of Green Berets deployed to Afghanistan in 2002 - experienced, highly skilled in fighting unconventional warfare against an enemy with decades of guerrilla warfare experience.
“Anonymous” is a composite of several members of Operational Detachment Alpha 2085, call sign Beast 85, a direct action assault team of Green Berets deployed to Afghanistan in 2002. In the interest of national security and the safety of their families, they have chosen not to reveal their identities. A captain in Vietnam in the 1960s, Gerald Schumacher went on to command a variety of post-Vietnam missions before retiring in 1997 as a full colonel. Schumacher served thirty-two years in the military, including twenty years as a Green Beret. He has been a guest lecturer at preeminent think-tank groups and has appeared numerous times on network television and national radio. Schumacher is also the author of To Be a U.S. Army Green Beret and A Bloody Business. He lives outside San Francisco, California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780760337363 |
| ISBN 10 | 0760337365 |
| Title | Hunting al Qaeda |
| Author | Anonymous |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc |
| Year published | 2009-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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