Wanted dead or alive : manhunts from Geronimo to Bin Laden / Benjamin Runkle.
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TextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Edition: 1st edDescription: vi, 282 p. : maps ; 25 cmISBN: 9780230104853Subject(s): Geronimo, 1829-1909 | Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923 | Sandino, Augusto César, 1895-1934 | Noriega, Manuel Antonio, 1934- | Aidid, Mohammed Farah, 1934- | Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006 | Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011 | Zarqāwī, Abū Muṣʻab, 1966-2006 | Aguinaldo, Emilio, 1869-1964 | Intervention (International law) -- History | Fugitives from justice -- History | United States -- Armed Forces -- HistoryDDC classification: 355/.00973 LOC classification: E181 | .R86 2011| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-274) and index.
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.
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