The Singleton: Target Cuba

by Robin Moore, Jeff Lambert

From the rear cover of this 297 page "'The Singleton' is the inside story of an individual Special Forces operator hand selected and trained to go into harm's way, alone. The story takes place in 2004 in the midst of the U.S. War on Terrorism and the heated political environment only months prior to the U.S. presidential election. The specter of a new terrorist threat emanates from Cuba, and Special Forces Major Mike Trantor is deployed to combat Fidel Castro's finest in an amazingly complex CIA and UK/US operation. The matter is complicated by Mike's deteriorating situation at home with his wife and by a beautiful CIA operator - his closest confidante. Once on the ground, the unexpected sends Mike into an increasingly dangerous spiral as he tries to fight his way back home."

320 pages, Hardcover

First published November 30, 2004

About the author

Robert Lowell "Robin" Moore, Jr. was an writer best known for his books The Green Berets: The Amazing Story of the U.S. Army's Elite Special Forces Unit,The French Connection: A True Account of Cops Narcotics and International Conspiracy and, with Xaviera Hollander and Yvonne Dunleavy, The Happy Hooker: My Own Story.

Moore also co-wrote the lyrics with Barry Sadler for the Ballad of the Green Berets, which was one of the major hit songs of 1966.

At the time of his death, Moore was residing in Hopkinsville, Kentucky (home to Fort Campbell and the 5th Special Forces Group) where he was working on his memoirs as well as three other books.

During World War II he served as a nose gunner in the U.S. Army Air Corps, flying combat missions in the European Theater of Operations. Moore graduated from Harvard College in 1949.

Thanks to connections with fellow Harvard graduate, Robert F. Kennedy, Moore was allowed access to the U.S. Army Special Forces. It was General William P. Yarborough who insisted that Moore go through special forces training in order to better understand "what makes Special Forces soldiers 'special'." He trained for nearly a year, first at "jump school" before completing the [[Special Forces Qualification Course]] or "Q Course", becoming the first civilian to participate in such an intensive program. Afterward, Moore was assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group on deployment to South Vietnam. His experiences in South East Asia formed the basis for ''The Green Berets.

Biography Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Moore

Reviews

[David Chastain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent thriller! All about Black Ops within the Special Forces - US Army...