Unconventional Warrior: Memoir Of A Special Operations Commander In Afghanistan

Synopsis

Preface: Six Generations Of American Patriots -- The Making Of An Unconventional Warrior -- Initial Training -- First Assignment -- Transfer To The Rangers -- Airborne! -- Jumpmaster -- A Lesson In Leadership -- Time To Move On -- Understanding Special Operations Structure -- Earning The Green Beret -- Special Forces History And The Coin -- Special Forces Training -- Reporting To The Regiment -- Training For Unconventional War In Europe -- The First Desert War -- Staff Time -- Unconventional Warfare As Illustrated By Tom Sawyer -- The Lware Campaign -- Firefight -- Fire Support -- Returning Fire -- Uw Thinking In A Joint Environment -- Czech Republic Paratroopers -- The Press -- Fallen Comrades -- Quarters -- Winning In Afghanistan: Understanding The Culture -- The Uw Option -- The Challenge To The Uw Option -- Bases, Good Order And Discipline -- Holiday Festivities -- Political Correctness -- Afghan And Pakistan Meetings -- Prisoner Interrogation -- Special Forces Soldiering -- Power In The Modern Era -- Provincial Reconstruction Teams -- Learning From History -- Final Thoughts. Colonel Walter Morris Herd, U.s. Army, Special Forces (ret.). Includes Index.