18 November 2004

Task Force Dagger

[Books]




Author: Robin Moore

Publisher: Pan Books

Task Force Dagger is an account of America’s War on Terror, from the first top-secret meetings of Task Force Dagger in Tampa on the afternoon of Sept 11, 2001, until the liberation of Kabul 62 days later, and the tragedies of Operation Anaconda.

With narrative seen through the eyes of the Green Berets on the ground, this is the story of how only a few hundred men, operating from a secret Special Forces base, changed the course of history in Central Asia and destroyed a hundred-thousand-man terrorist army in fewer than 90 days.

The book also abounds with revelations and inside information: the truth about John Walker Lindh and Mike Spann; the failure of the “conventional” generals; the courage of the Northern Alliance; the wounding and murder of journalists; and the flaws and frustrations of the hunt for Osama bin Laden, who is still being hunted today.