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None Braver by Michael Hirsh
From award-winning journalist and combat veteran Michael Hirsh comes the thrilling inside story of the Air Force's pararescue operations in Afghanistan. The first journalist to be embedded with an Air Force combat unit in the war on terrorism, Hirsh flew from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, with the 71st Rescue Squadron to their expeditionary headquarters at a secret location in Central Asia. Unparalleled access to the pararescue jumpers-or PJs-as well as to the courageous men and women who fly them where they have to go, often under enemy fire, allowed Michael Hirsh to uncover incredible stories of courage. Among them: the drama of a plane crash at 10,000 feet in the Hindu Kush mountains, where PJs climb with hundred-pound packs through chest-deep snow to rescue the crew; the tension of an unprecedented nighttime combat parachute jump into the middle of an Afghan minefield; the heartbreak during Operation Anaconda, when seven American fighting men die, including the first PJ killed in combat since Vietnam.Former Newsweek Foreign Editor and Chief Diplomatic Correspondent Michael Hirsh He is currently a senior editor at the Washington bureau of the magazine. He is a professor who has been on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and NPR as a commentator on multiple occasions. He's also written for Foreign Affairs, Harper's, and Washington Monthly, in addition to Newsweek. Hirsh shared the Overseas Press Club prize for best magazine reporting from abroad in 2001, for recognizing the al Qaeda danger half a year before September 11 and for Newsweek's coverage of the war on terror, which also earned a National Magazine Award. He currently resides in Washington, D.C.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780451212955 |
| ISBN 10 | 0451212959 |
| Title | None Braver |
| Author | Michael Hirsh |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2004-09-07 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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