To Dare and to Conquer: Special Operations and the Destiny of Nations, from Achilles to Al Qaeda

FROM THE TROJAN HORSE to the present "first war of the twenty-first century." special operations and the men who implement them have lived, and died, at the bloody intersection of destiny, legend, and high imagination. Elite special forces have surprised and destroyed opponents who would seem to be infinitely stronger. To understand these missions is to know not only the fiercest mode of warfare but also the tipping points of civilizations.