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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Fry, Ronald, 1972- author.     Subjects     Fry, Ronald, 1972-     United States. Army. Special Forces -- Biography.     United States. Army. Special Forces -- History -- 21st century.     Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Kunar (Province)     Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan -- Kunar (Province)     Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Commando operations -- United States.     Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Fry, Ronald, 1972- author.       by title:      Hammerhead Six [elec...         MARC Display

Hammerhead Six [electronic resource] : the story of the first special forces "A" Camp in Afghanistan's violent Pech Valley / Ronald Fry, Captain, U.S. Special Forces, with Tad Tuleja. by Fry, Ronald, 1972- author. New York : Hachette Books, 2016. Subjects Fry, Ronald, 1972-   United States. Army. Special Forces -- Biography.   United States. Army. Special Forces -- History -- 21st century.   Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Kunar (Province)   Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan -- Kunar (Province)   Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Commando operations -- United States.   Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American. Electronic Resource http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=50&titleID=2201729 This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=db8e3cfb-ce2b-495a-8d68-c8d1e3343218&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/0017-1/{DB8E3CFB-CE2B-495A-8D68-C8D1E3343218}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9780316304689 (electronic bk.) 0316304689 (electronic bk.) 9780316341431 0316341436 Description:  1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Edition:  First edition. Contents:  PART I FALL 2003 -- 1. Into the Gray -- 2. The Fort -- 3. A War of All Against All -- 4. Hunter's Moon -- 5. A Baited Ambush -- 6. Hammer and Anvil -- 7. Odysseus Redux -- 8. The Experiment -- PART II WINTER 2003-2004 -- 9. The Neighborhood -- 10. A Captain's First Duty -- 11. Commander's Intent -- 12. Culture Clashes -- 13. The Prisoner -- 14. The Decider -- 15. Ghost Tracks -- 16. Lost in Translation -- 17. The Uprising -- 18. Fireworks -- PART III SPRING 2004 -- 19. A Tale of Two Mullahs -- 20. Eye for an Eye -- 21. High Noon -- 22. The Waiting Game -- 23. The Unforgivable -- 24. AShared Struggle -- 25. Nanawatay. Requests:  0 Summary:  "In 2003, the Special Forces soldiers entered an area later called "the most dangerous place in Afghanistan." Here, where the line between civilians and armed zealots was indistinct, they illustrated the Afghan proverb: "I destroy my enemy by making him my friend." Fry recounts how they were seen as welcome guests rather than invaders. Soon after their deployment ended, the Pech Valley reverted to turmoil. Their success was never replicated. Hammerhead Six finally reveals how cultural respect, hard work (and the occasional machine-gun burst) were more than a match for the Taliban and Al Qaeda, "--Amazon.com.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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