DESPERATE LANDS is the unprecedented story of U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers and the missions they have carried out while fighting the war on terror in the Horn of Africa and in Afghanistan. The book is unique and timely, in that it tells the compelling story of our nations struggle and of its soldiers fighting a new and different kind of war never fought before a Global War on Terror. This true story comes at a time when our nation has divided feelings and opinions about this war a division that exists among both government leaders and the American people. These pages offer a different perspective that of lower enlisted soldiers reflecting their personal experience in combat zones in Africa and Afghanistan as they witnessed and experienced the fog of war. The author Special Forces Master Sergeant Regulo Zapata, Jr. shares his extraordinary journey through ancient and desperate lands at the front lines of this ongoing war. Here are true stories of sacrifice, bravery, excitement, horror, anger, tedium, fear, camaraderie, and more a firsthand look behind the headlines at the reality of the exceptional and difficult challenges U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers face as they defend America against the terrorist threat.
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An exciting read and fascinating journey. A must-read this year.
--Chief Warrant Officer John Brookins, U.S. Army Special Forces.
Excellent read! Regulo gives a detailed, emotional description of the efforts of Special Forces to hunt down terrorists in Africa and in Afghanistan and bring them to justice.
--Major Bill Lamos, United States Air Force (Retired).
Master Sgt. Regulo Zapata has written a fascinating account of life inside a contemporary Special Forces Operational Detachment ALPHA as it conducts missions around the world. Zapata is a member of the old breed of SF sergeants and provides a career professionals perspective on this small community of warrior-brothers that couldn't be written by anybody but a Green Beret. This book describes how an ODA works as it gears up for battle and then executes its many missions in strange places around the globe. A good addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in special operations forces at war.
--Hans Halberstadt, author, Roughneck Nine-One and War Stories of the Green Berets.
For Special Forces Master Sgt. Regulo Zapata, Jr., writing and publishing a book about the months he spent immersed in the fog of war along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border was more daunting than the mission itself. Zapata's first sentence has been tweaked and edited, but it has always been about the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City, an event that sparked two wars. Zapata had been in the Army since he was 19 years old, but his involvement in the War on Terror began the day he was called on to report for duty. His goal was to lend his reader a glimpse into the everyday activities of Special Forces soldiers in Djibouti and Afghanistan while they trained villagers to fight Taliban forces. Although some readers have questioned Zapata's storytelling ability, many readers said his story is an accurate and insightful account of a soldier fighting the War on Terror.
--Sara Suddes, The Gilroy Dispatch
Master Sgt. Regulo Zapata has written a fascinating account of life inside a contemporary Special Forces Operational Detachment ALPHA as it conducts missions around the world. Zapata is a member of the old breed of SF sergeants and provides a career professionals perspective on this small community of warrior-brothers that couldn't be written by anybody but a Green Beret. This book describes how an ODA works as it gears up for battle and then executes its many missions in strange places around the globe. A good addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in special operations forces at war.
--Hans Halberstadt, author, Roughneck Nine-One and War Stories of the Green Berets.
--Chief Warrant Officer John Brookins, U.S. Army Special Forces.
Excellent read! Regulo gives a detailed, emotional description of the efforts of Special Forces to hunt down terrorists in Africa and in Afghanistan and bring them to justice.
--Major Bill Lamos, United States Air Force (Retired).
Master Sgt. Regulo Zapata has written a fascinating account of life inside a contemporary Special Forces Operational Detachment ALPHA as it conducts missions around the world. Zapata is a member of the old breed of SF sergeants and provides a career professionals perspective on this small community of warrior-brothers that couldn't be written by anybody but a Green Beret. This book describes how an ODA works as it gears up for battle and then executes its many missions in strange places around the globe. A good addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in special operations forces at war.
--Hans Halberstadt, author, Roughneck Nine-One and War Stories of the Green Berets.
For Special Forces Master Sgt. Regulo Zapata, Jr., writing and publishing a book about the months he spent immersed in the fog of war along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border was more daunting than the mission itself. Zapata's first sentence has been tweaked and edited, but it has always been about the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City, an event that sparked two wars. Zapata had been in the Army since he was 19 years old, but his involvement in the War on Terror began the day he was called on to report for duty. His goal was to lend his reader a glimpse into the everyday activities of Special Forces soldiers in Djibouti and Afghanistan while they trained villagers to fight Taliban forces. Although some readers have questioned Zapata's storytelling ability, many readers said his story is an accurate and insightful account of a soldier fighting the War on Terror.
--Sara Suddes, The Gilroy Dispatch
Master Sgt. Regulo Zapata has written a fascinating account of life inside a contemporary Special Forces Operational Detachment ALPHA as it conducts missions around the world. Zapata is a member of the old breed of SF sergeants and provides a career professionals perspective on this small community of warrior-brothers that couldn't be written by anybody but a Green Beret. This book describes how an ODA works as it gears up for battle and then executes its many missions in strange places around the globe. A good addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in special operations forces at war.
--Hans Halberstadt, author, Roughneck Nine-One and War Stories of the Green Berets.
About the Author
Regulo Zapata Jr. was an Army Special Operations NCO and retired as a Master Sergeant in 2003 after 28 years of service with the U.S.Army Special Forces. He now lives in Santa Clara County, California.
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Master Sergeant Regulo Zapata Jr, US Army (Retired) joined the Special Forces in 1974. Since then he has participated in numerous operations in several countries. Master Sergeant Regulo Zapata was a Green Beret, Special Forces Operations Sergeant with twenty-eight years of service with the US Army.
Sergeant Zapata served as an enlisted soldier in the United States Army Special Operations Forces with the 2nd Battalion, 75th Rangers Airborne, 5th Special Forces Group, and 19th Special Forces Group while on active duty.
He graduated from the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center School, Army Special Forces Operations and Intelligence Course, United States Army Ranger School and many other Secret Special Forces Courses available to a Green Beret, Army Special Forces enlisted soldier.
Master Sergeant Regulo Zapata Jr, now lives in Gilroy, California, USA.
Sergeant Zapata served as an enlisted soldier in the United States Army Special Operations Forces with the 2nd Battalion, 75th Rangers Airborne, 5th Special Forces Group, and 19th Special Forces Group while on active duty.
He graduated from the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center School, Army Special Forces Operations and Intelligence Course, United States Army Ranger School and many other Secret Special Forces Courses available to a Green Beret, Army Special Forces enlisted soldier.
Master Sergeant Regulo Zapata Jr, now lives in Gilroy, California, USA.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Situation Normal - You Know the Rest,
By Kent Louis (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Desperate Lands: The War on Terror Through the Eyes of a Special Forces Soldier (Perfect Paperback)
Think you're having a bad day, a bad week, a bad year?This story gives the reader a glimpse of all the difficulties, obstacles and annoyances of what it is to serve as a special forces soldier in a war where the enemy wears the same uniform as the civilian, and another army (Pakistani soldiers) are less than cooperative. Master Sergeant Zapata takes you on a journey from the U.S. to different outposts of the War on Terror, from Africa to Afghanistan. It is a journey of uncertainty, and constant change, of always having to deal with the unexpected, and never knowing what the road ahead will be. Along with fighting, there is the task of having to establish relations with warlords, and everyday citizens, to gain their trust, and their help. This is no easy war to fight, and Sergeant Zapata's story provides an explanation as to why. My humble respect goes to him and all those like him. We are in good hands.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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The truth from the inside,
This review is from: Desperate Lands: The War on Terror Through the Eyes of a Special Forces Soldier (Perfect Paperback)
A great book to read if you have ever wondered what is really happening over there with the war on terror. Zapata gives us all insight as to what these soldiers go through day by day. Brings heightened respect to those who are there. Detailed information on what these soldiers face and the little time that they have to react to any situation. I picked up this book and couldnt put it down, how refreshing to have the truth.
24 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
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Desperate Lands an almost apt title!,
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This review is from: Desperate Lands: The War on Terror Through the Eyes of a Special Forces Soldier (Perfect Paperback)
I bought this book because of the ratings it got on amazon but like another reader above i am wondering if they were describing the same book as i just read. While there is no doubting the bravery of the man in question i quite frankly found this book very hard to read. I actually found the writing to be nothing short of 'strange' - at times it feels like the text was written by a robot or someone who does not have a good command of the english language - with lots of repetition and this is suddenly dispersed with the odd curse which seems like it was just put in there to liven things up - in short it feels uncomfortable to read and i think that the author wrote this book and then someone came along and 'dubbed it' ! Apart from all of that the book is extremely boring - dealing with the day to day medial tasks these guys took on and very little action which i think is what most readers/buyers of these types of books expect. Overall one of the worst special forces books i ever read because quite simply i had to 'fight' myself to keep reading it to the finish.
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