Victory Point: Operations Red Wings and Whalers - the Marine Corps' Battle for Freedom in Afghanistan by Ed Darack - April 2009

Berkley Hardcover, 2009-04-07. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Berkley Hardcover. Used - Very Good. 2009. Hardcover. Heel of spine bumped. Very Good.

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

US: Berkley Hardcover, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The riveting untold story of the Marine missions that led to free elections in Afghanistan. In late June 2005, media reports recounted the tragic story of nineteen U.S . military soldiers and Marines who died at the hands of Ahmad Shah-and the lone survivor who was rescued-in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan. The harrowing events of Operation Red Wings marked the beginning of an impo rtant-yet widely misreported-chapter in the Global War on Terror. Victory Point reveals the complete and untold story of Operation Red Wings, and the follow-up mission, Operation Whalers. It is the story not of a mis sion gone wrong, but of a complex and difficult campaign that finally saw t he demise of Ahmad Shah and his band of barbarous fighters. Thanks to the valor of the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Marine Regiment in the summer of 2005, Afghanistan was able to hold free elections that Fall. Here is the inspiring true account of… Read More

New York: Berkley Caliber, 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. 8vo. xviii, 316 pp. Bound in black boards in illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Near Fine, minor age-toning to pages, otherwise clean, tight copy in Fine bright dust jacket.

New york: Berkley Caliber, 2009. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.316.

Berkley Hardcover, 2009-04-07. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!