No Ordinary Men: Special Operations Forces Missions in Afghanistan

by Bernd Horn, General T.J. Lawson (Foreword by)

Overview

The first in-depth book that sheds light on Canada’s elite warriors who operate in the shadows.

In 2001, the Canadian government sent elements of its Joint Task Force 2 counterterrorist unit to Afghanistan to assist the Americans with Operation Enduring Freedom and the global war on terror. Withdrawn a year later, after a brief hiatus JTF 2 returned to Afghanistan in 2005, beginning a continuous tour of duty for Canadian Special Operation Forces (CANSOF) up to the cessation of Canadian combat operations in 2011. This book reveals six untold special operations that CANSOF personnel undertook in their desperate struggle in the shadows to capture or kill Taliban leaders, facilitators, and bomb-makers, as well as efforts to mentor Afghan National Security Forces from 2005 to 2011. The missions highlight that the nation’s SOF were no ordinary men.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459724143
Publisher:	Dundurn Press
Publication date:	02/20/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Colonel Bernd Horn is a retired Regular Force infantry officer and military educator. Dr. Horn has authored, co-authored, or edited more than forty books, including No Easy Task: Fighting in Afghanistan and No Lack of Courage: Operation Medusa, Afghanistan. He lives in Kingston, Ontario.

Colonel Bernd Horn is a retired Regular Force infantry officer and military educator. Dr. Horn has authored, co-authored, and edited more than forty books, including A Most Ungentlemanly Way of War: The SOE and the Canadian Connection and No Ordinary Men: Special Operations Forces Missions in Afghanistan. He lives in Kingston, Ontario.

Table of Contents

Foreword
 
Introduction
 
Chapter 1        The Canadian SOF Legacy
 
Chapter 2        Looking For Trouble: Penetrating the De Lam Ghar Taliban Sanctuary, September 2005
                                               
Chapter 3        Never Say Die:  Into the Jaws of Death at Chenartu
 
Chapter 4        Where No Men Dare Travel: Penetrating the Baghran Valley
 
Chapter 5        No Room for Error: Desperate Fight for Survival in Tarin Kowt
 
Chapter 6        When the Thunder Comes: The Invisible Hand of SOF Shaping the Battlefield
 
Chapter 7        Chaos in Kandahar: The Battle for Building 4
 
Glossary of Abbreviations
 
Index

Editorial Reviews

a important and valuable contribution to the record of Canada’s military experience in Afghanistan

author of Combat Mission Kandahar T. Robert Fowler