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Operation Enduring Freedom: America's Afghan War 2001 to 2002
The first six months of the war in Afghanistan were incredibly confused. Few journalists or civilians had access to the main events and the result was the creation of many urban myths that persist to this day. This book reveals the truth behind Operation Enduring Freedom, its objectives, successes, failures and consequences. Tim Ripley has discovered what actually happened in the first six months of this US-led intervention. He reveals the clandestine US and UK reconnaissance efforts before hostilities commenced on 7 October 2001, secret US UAV and drone operations, RAF Canberra and U-2 spy flights and details of initial combat between Taliban and Northern Alliance ground forces.
This is a definitive account of the first six months of the military campaign in Afghanistan that saw the initial air and special drive to unseat the Taliban regime, the launching of search and destroy operations to hunt down Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda organization and the setting up of President Hamid Karzai’s government in Kabul. These events were the catalyst for the subsequent and continuing war in that far-off troubled land.
This is a definitive account of the first six months of the military campaign in Afghanistan that saw the initial air and special drive to unseat the Taliban regime, the launching of search and destroy operations to hunt down Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda organization and the setting up of President Hamid Karzai’s government in Kabul. These events were the catalyst for the subsequent and continuing war in that far-off troubled land.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published November 19, 2011
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August 31, 2020
I had just finshed Jim Mattis' book, "Call Sign Chaos". His account of his involvement in Operation Enduring Freedom got me interested to learn more about it.
This is a book on the initial operation, Operation Enduring Freedom, in the Afghanistan War 2001-2002.
It is a very broad factual narrative of the key events that took place. It goes into just enough detail to act as a sort of reference and gives you enough to start researching more. I found myself several times researching in more detail some of the events, such as Operation Anaconda.
I see it as a great resource and introduction to the Operation and the key players involved. It's full of resources that i have already added to my "to-read" list.
It is jam packed with facts that Tim Ripley, the author, has carefully researched from his time there and with other operators involved. Mr. Ripely cites several military sources to give accurate numbers of bombs dropped, sorties flown etc.
I do not understand the negative ratings given to this book. Possibly, people are just against the war itself and decide to down rate books about it. Perhaps they also feel that Mr. Ripely did not give all the facts or is shelling out a narrative that is not true. I beleive books like this need to be written to document and maintain history of events in our recent history. My only gripe with the book is towards the beginning there were a few spelling and grammatical errors. It was a little diatracting but I am not going to deduct stars for something like that. The content is good and informative. It is factual in the tone, so do not expect a light story telling narrative style like somebody's memoir.
This is a book on the initial operation, Operation Enduring Freedom, in the Afghanistan War 2001-2002.
It is a very broad factual narrative of the key events that took place. It goes into just enough detail to act as a sort of reference and gives you enough to start researching more. I found myself several times researching in more detail some of the events, such as Operation Anaconda.
I see it as a great resource and introduction to the Operation and the key players involved. It's full of resources that i have already added to my "to-read" list.
It is jam packed with facts that Tim Ripley, the author, has carefully researched from his time there and with other operators involved. Mr. Ripely cites several military sources to give accurate numbers of bombs dropped, sorties flown etc.
I do not understand the negative ratings given to this book. Possibly, people are just against the war itself and decide to down rate books about it. Perhaps they also feel that Mr. Ripely did not give all the facts or is shelling out a narrative that is not true. I beleive books like this need to be written to document and maintain history of events in our recent history. My only gripe with the book is towards the beginning there were a few spelling and grammatical errors. It was a little diatracting but I am not going to deduct stars for something like that. The content is good and informative. It is factual in the tone, so do not expect a light story telling narrative style like somebody's memoir.
January 17, 2022
A quick and informative view of the beginnings and issues of the war in Afghanistan. Quite short and to the point which I liked. I don’t understand why it has so many low reviews. Most likely people think it’s pro war or something. It’s just a telling of the issues around it. Would give 4 stars as it didn’t really blow me away. But added an extra on just to counter the meaningless 1 star ones.
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