Swords of Lightning
Green Beret Horse Soldiers and America's Response to 9/11
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The first-person account of how a small band of Green Berets used horses and laser-guided bombs to overthrow the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan after 9/11.
They landed in a dust storm so thick the chopper pilot used dead reckoning and a guess to find the ground. Welcomed by a band of heavily armed militiamen, they climbed a mountain on horseback to meet the most ferocious warlord in Asia. They plotted a war of nineteenth-century maneuvers against a twenty-first-century foe. They trekked through minefields, sometimes past the mangled bodies of local tribesmen who'd shared food with them hours before. They saved babies and treated fractures, sewed up wounded who'd been transported from the battlefield by donkey.
They found their enemy hiding in thick bunkers, dodged bullets from machine-gun-laden pickup trucks, and survived mass rocket attacks from vintage Soviet-era launchers. They battled the Taliban while mediating blood feuds between rival allies. They fought with everything they had, from smart bombs to AK-47s.
The men they helped called them brothers. Hollywood called them the Horse Soldiers.
They called themselves Green Berets—Special Forces ODA 595.
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- De DKSTRYKER en 02-19-25
De: Gary C. Schroen
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Tango 1-1
- 9th Infantry Division LRPs in the Vietnam Delta
- De: Jim Thayer
- Narrado por: Corey M. Snow
- Duración: 5 h y 38 m
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LRPs were all volunteers. They were in the spine-tingling, brain-twisting, nerve-wracking business of Long Range Patrolling. They varied in age from eighteen to thirty. These men operated in precision movements, like walking through a jungle quietly and being able to tell whether a man or an animal is moving through the brush without seeing the cause of movement. They could sit in an ambush for hours without moving a muscle except to ease the safety off the automatic weapon in their hand at the first sign of trouble. These men were good because they had to be to survive.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book marred by the reader
- De Amazon Customer en 04-26-23
De: Jim Thayer
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The Green Berets
- The Amazing Story of the U.S. Army's Elite Special Forces Unit
- De: Robin Moore
- Narrado por: Jim Frangione
- Duración: 14 h y 54 m
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Robin Moore became one of the first true embedded journalists by training with and fighting alongside the Green Berets in Vietnam. Though fictionalized, his work is an eye-opening exposé of the horrors of the Vietnam War and the basis for the hit John Wayne movie of the same title. Taut, fast-paced, and interspersed with unforgettable accounts of combat, Moore’s novel features an American major who goes "native" with Montagnard tribesmen, a courageous Vietnamese girl who poses as a rabid anti-American Communist to capture a murderous Viet Cong officer, and the unforgettable acts of courage of soldiers in the field.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Green Berets Nam and beyond
- De Jawbone en 10-07-17
De: Robin Moore
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Cowboys Over Iraq
- Leadership from the Saddle
- De: Jimmy Blackmon, General David H. Petraeus US Army - Ret. - foreword
- Narrado por: Shawn Compton
- Duración: 13 h y 10 m
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Cowboys Over Iraq tells the amazing story of leadership, innovation, initiative, and a brotherhood that was forged in the crucible of combat during the invasion of Iraq.
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a true view from the pilot seat of the Kiowa
- De Anonymous User en 02-08-25
De: Jimmy Blackmon, y otros
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Headhunter
- 5-73 CAV and Their Fight for Iraq's Diyala River Valley
- De: Peter C. Svoboda, Lt. Gen William B. Caldwell (Ret.) - foreword
- Narrado por: David Marantz
- Duración: 8 h y 31 m
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Selected in 2005 by the army to be the first airborne reconnaissance squadron, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, better known as 5-73 CAV, was formed from 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The members of the squadron were hand-selected by the squadron command team, Lieutenant Colonel Poppas and Command Sergeant Major Edgar. With just more than 400 paratroopers, they were half the size of a full-strength battalion and the smallest unit in the Panther Brigade.
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A great audible!
- De Justin Robinson en 09-12-22
De: Peter C. Svoboda, y otros
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Gentlemen Bastards
- On the Ground in Afghanistan with America's Elite Special Forces
- De: Kevin Maurer
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
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Until the war in Iraq, the Special Forces were the military's counterinsurgency experts. Their specialty was going behind enemy lines and training insurgent forces. In Afghanistan, they toppled the Taliban by transforming Northern Alliance fighters into cohesive units. But in the almost nine years since, Special Forces units have forgone their previous mission, instead focusing on offensive raids.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The book that shouldn't been written.
- De jeffrey en 05-30-15
De: Kevin Maurer
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No Way Out
- A Story of Valor in the Mountains of Afghanistan
- De: Mitch Weiss, Kevin Maurer
- Narrado por: Corey M. Snow
- Duración: 7 h y 40 m
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In a remote enemy-held valley in Afghanistan, a Special Forces team planned to scale a steep mountain to surprise and capture a terrorist leader. But before they found the target, the target found them. The team was caught in a deadly ambush that threatened not only their lives but the entire mission. The elite soldiers fought huddled for hours on a small rock ledge as rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine-gun fire rained down on them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- De Retired Recruiter en 03-31-17
De: Mitch Weiss, y otros
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Saving Bravo
- The Greatest Rescue Mission in Navy SEAL History
- De: Stephan Talty
- Narrado por: Henry Strozier
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
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The untold story of the most important rescue mission not just of the Vietnam War, but the entire Cold War: one American aviator who knew our most important secrets crashed behind enemy lines and was sought by the entire North Vietnamese and Russian military machines. One Navy SEAL and his Vietnamese partner had to sneak past them all to save him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a story!
- De Kindle Customer en 02-27-19
De: Stephan Talty
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One Green Beret
- Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and beyond: 15 Extraordinary years in the life - 1996-2011
- De: Mark Giaconia
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 7 h y 48 m
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3rd Edition. Before the Iraq war in 2003, Green Beret teams infiltrated Northern Iraq, linked up with the CIA, and embedded deeply with the Kurdish Peshmerga to prepare for war. These special missions were called “Advanced Force Operations.” Subsequently, these special teams brought in the rest of the Green Berets during an operation called "the Ugly Baby." Then, one of the most significant battles in Special Forces history occurred: "Operation Viking Hammer," where six Green Beret teams along with a handful of CIA and Air Force Special Ops personnel, combined with approximately 8000 ...
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good until the end
- De Anonymous User en 06-27-24
De: Mark Giaconia
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Walking Point
- An Infantryman's Untold Story
- De: Michael H. Cunningham
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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Que Son Valley is actually a large area of hills and valleys just to the west of Da Nang, Viet Nam. During the 1960s, units from the US Marines and US Army engaged the 2nd North Vietnamese Division in heavy and close combat. Our mission was to keep the enemy from capturing the cities of Da Nang, Tam Ky, and Chu Lai and to pacify the area. We did prevent the enemy from capturing these vital cities, but the area was far from pacified.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This sounds bad but... Annoying
- De David en 06-19-18
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Hunting the Jackal
- A Special Forces and CIA Soldier's Fifty Years on the Frontlines of the War Against Terrorism
- De: Billy Waugh, Tim Keown
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 8 h y 10 m
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For more than half a century, Special Forces and CIA legend Billy Waugh dedicated his life to tracking down and eliminating America's most virulent enemies. Operating from the darkest shadows and most desolate corners of the world, he made his mark in many of the most important operations in the annals of US Spec Ops. He spent seven and a half years behind enemy lines in Vietnam as a member of a covert group of elite commandos.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hunting the Jackal - epic accounting of SOF/SOG and CIA IV
- De Eric en 01-08-18
De: Billy Waugh, y otros
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Foxtrot in Kandahar
- A Memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan at the Inception of America’s Longest War
- De: Duane Evans
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
- Duración: 6 h y 32 m
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Kandahar. The ancient desert crossroads and, as of fall of 2001, ground zero for the Taliban and al-Qa'ida in southern Afghanistan. In the northern part of the country, the US-supported Northern Alliance has made progress on the battlefield, but in the south, the country is still under the Taliban's bloody hold and al-Qa'ida continues to operate there. With no "Southern Alliance" for the US to support, a new strategy is needed if victory is to be achieved. Veteran CIA officer Duane Evans is dispatched to Pakistan to "get something going in the South." Foxtrot in Kandahar is his story.
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Fascinating look into CIA ground forces in early Afghanistan
- De Invictus en 09-23-18
De: Duane Evans
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LRRP (Provisional) 2nd Bde 4th Infantry Division Vietnam 1966-67
- De: Frank Camper
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
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True story of the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division's small, ragtag "provisional" long range patrol platoon that was so effective it became the official model for 1st and 2nd Field Force MACV LRRP's covering the whole country, authorized by General Westmoreland. The 2nd Brigade LRRP's made history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is an excellent book
- De Anonymous User en 06-13-24
De: Frank Camper
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Killer Elite: Completely Revised and Updated
- The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team
- De: Michael Smith
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
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A top-secret US Army Special Operations unit has been running covert missions all over the world, from leading death squads to the hideout of drug baron Pablo Escobar to capturing Saddam Hussein and, in one of the greatest special operations missions of all time, helping to track down al-Qa'eda leader Osama bin Laden. "The Activity," as it became known to insiders, has achieved near-mythical status, even among the world's Special Operations elite.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narrator is awful
- De Vinny en 09-20-17
De: Michael Smith
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The Guerrilla Factory
- The Making of Special Forces Officers, the Green Berets
- De: Tony Schwalm
- Narrado por: Corey Snow
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
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The Navy has the SEALS, and the Army has the Green Berets. They are masters of asymmetrical warfare, trained to immerse themselves in hostile territory, sleeping near their enemies and building relationships with people who may want to kill them. Retired lieutenant colonel Tony Schwalm knows this group well, because he is one of them and he trained them. In The Guerrilla Factory, he provides an unbelievably gripping inside look into the grueling training that every army officer must endure to become one of America's elite Green Berets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book for Future Officers or Enlisted
- De Amazon Customer en 01-12-16
De: Tony Schwalm
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Uncommon Valor
- The Recon Company that Earned Five Medals of Honor and Included America’s Most Decorated Green Beret
- De: Stephen L. Moore
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 15 h y 21 m
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Uncommon Valor is a look into the formation and operation of an advanced Special Forces recon company during the Vietnam War. Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most covert US military unit in its time and contained only volunteers from such elite units as the Army's Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and Air Force Air Commandos. SOG warriors operated in small teams, going behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, tasked with performing special reconnaissance, sabotaging North Vietnamese Army ammunition, and far more.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pass this one by
- De WE Cleghorn en 01-21-21
De: Stephen L. Moore
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Silent Warrior
- The Marine Sniper's Vietnam Story Continues
- De: Charles Henderson
- Narrado por: Corey M. Snow
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
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In the U.S. Marine Corps, the most dangerous job in combat is that of the sniper. With no backup and little communication with the outside world, these men disappear for weeks on end in the wilderness with nothing but intellect and iron will to protect them - as they watch, wait, and finally strike. But of all of the snipers who ever hunted human prey, one man stands above the rest as the most legendary fighting man to ever pull a trigger. That man is Carlos Hathcock.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Just like Marine stories should be told
- De James A. en 04-16-15
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Delta Force
- A Memoir by the Founder of the U.S. Military's Most Secretive Special-Operations Unit
- De: Charlie A. Beckwith, Donald Knox
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 14 h y 8 m
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Wanted: Volunteers for Project Delta. Will guarantee you a medal. A body bag. Or both. With this call to arms, Charlie Beckwith revolutionized American armed combat. Beckwith's acclaimed memoir tells the story of Delta Force as only its maverick creator could tell it - from the bloody baptism of Vietnam to the top-secret training grounds of North Carolina to political battles in the upper levels of the Pentagon itself. This is the heart-pounding, first-person insider's view of the missions that made Delta Force legendary.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Military History
- De Drew en 02-01-15
De: Charlie A. Beckwith, y otros
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- trish
- 10-09-23
Liked the format
Post 9/11 experiences of some very brave, well trained and emotionally intelligent men. The level of restraint and ego checking that this mission required would have been a disaster for 99% of the population. These men were exceptional men indeed.
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- Lurchy
- 08-20-22
Grateful American
Incredible story of what the initial months of America's war on terror looked like. This ODA Team's mission, against all odds was a heroic success. I loved it. Thank you for writing it.
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- Greg Mather
- 12-12-22
Better understanding
This book help give me a better understanding of our last war. It helped me see that there could have been a better outcome.
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- Boyd
- 03-03-24
Presented an interesting, straight forward narrative of the adventure.
Presented a balanced assessment of the early SF contribution to the Afghan war. A must listen to the new legend of the Horse Soldiers.
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- rockp2
- 05-29-22
Utterly fantastic!!!
If you have read and enjoyed "Horse Soldiers" or seen "12 Strong", you must listen to this book.
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- Norm Brock
- 01-14-25
Horse Soldiers
You saw the movie 12 Strong read the first hand account here. It's filled with info and a great true story of American Heroes.
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- Faith Watkins
- 12-13-24
The Real Experience of The Horse Soldiers
Great book! It’s nice to hear the story of the Horse Soldiers told from men that completed that mission. Great narration and great story
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- David W.
- 05-27-24
The story from the people there
This is a first hand account of 12 brave soldiers who supported their nation and helped free another. This is a great listen
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- Mike
- 07-21-22
Admiration
I love these guys and respect and admire all combat vets especially the ODA’s that struck the terrorists right when we needed action. I wish I could go back in time and been a SPF soldier but I can’t so I just support. I saw legion of brothers as well great stuff..love the book
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- Josh
- 10-18-23
Great Book
I enjoyed this telling of the 0DA 595 story just as much as I enjoyed the telling of the 0DA 574 story. All Certified Bad-a**es.
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