| Author |
Runkle, Benjamin.
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| Title |
Wanted dead or alive : manhunts from Geronimo to Bin Laden / Benjamin Runkle. |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| OCLC |
702168802 |
| ISBN |
9780230104853 |
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0230104851 |
| Publisher |
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. |
| Description |
vi, 282 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Geronimo, 1829-1909.
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Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923.
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Sandino, Augusto César, 1895-1934.
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Noriega, Manuel Antonio, 1934-2017
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Aidid, Mohammed Farah, 1934-1996
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Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006.
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Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.
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Zarqw, Ab Mu‘ab, 1966-2006.
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Aguinaldo, Emilio, 1869-1964.
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Fugitives from justice -- History.
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Intervention (International law) -- History.
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United States -- Armed Forces -- History.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-274) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : when the man is the mission -- The Geronimo campaign -- The capture of Emilio Aguinaldo -- Pancho Villa and the Punitive Expedition -- The Sandino Affair -- The Vatican, black voodoo, heavy metal, and the Delta Force : the hunt for Manuel Noriega -- The warlord's revenge : Task Force Ranger and the search for Mohammed Farah Aideed -- The hunt for Osama bin Laden, part I -- Strategic manhunts in Mesopotamia : Saddam Hussein and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- The hunt for Osama bin Laden part II, manhunting lessons learned and Tora Bora reconsidered -- Conclusion : beyond bin Laden : the future of strategic manhunts. |
| Summary |
"A top security specialist tells the exciting tales of America's hunts for its most dangerous outlaws and terrorists"--P. [2] of jacket. |
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