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All Roads Lead to Baghdad: Army Special Operations Forces in Iraq, New Chapter in America's Global War on Terrorism

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That's for sure a realy interesting book for those who are interested in Special Operations Forces and/or Iraq war...But I'm little disappointed to see that this history book mention the capture of Saddam Hussein on december 2004, considering the operation Red Dawn was launched one year before, in 2003...We can read it on page 15 : "Saddam was ultimately captured by U.S. forces on 13 december 2004 and imprisoned"...I first though it was a single mistake, but it isn't because the same mistake is repeated on page 17 and also in the timeline shown in the lower part of EACH page...

Ok, it's only a date and it's not so important...But I can't agree considering this is an official history book, wrote and published by the USASOC History office and moreover this is THE event that no one will forget since the world famous "We got him"...

In a so-called "history book", this kind of mistake is realy important and ask the question "what's the real historical value of this book ?"... And if it exists a mistake for this major event, which credit can we give to minor events referenced in this book ?

Out of this consideration, it's an excellent book and I've no regret having purchased it...

This is a stunning, comprehensive, and readable account of the war in Iraq in 2003.

To the book's credit, it is loaded with details without becoming overwhelmed by military jargon. It takes a long view: providing focus to both operational planning/management while being full of first-hand detailed accounts of grunts on the ground.

The snappy design includes something like 400 color illustrations (none of them huge, obviously) maps, charts, portraits, some sketches, and a timeline. 517 pp, List of Figures, Glossary, Index.

Here's some of the blurb from the back cover. "This historic book details the planning and direction provided by General Tommy Franks to the U.S. Special Operations Command Central and on down the line to the two Combined Joint Special Operations Task Forces (North and West), and a Naval task force -- and then, as in all campaigns, how the units and individual soldiers executed their specific missions with courage and skill. To ensure accuracy in their reporting, the authors received unparalleled access to classified documents and personal accounts from soldiers on the battlefield."