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Killer Elite: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team |  | Author: Michael Smith
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
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Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 27187
Media: Paperback
Pages: 368
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0312378262
Dewey Decimal Number: 356.1670973
EAN: 9780312378264
ASIN: 0312378262
Publication Date: March 4, 2008
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A top-secret U.S. 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 assassinating key al Qaeda members, including Iraqi leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and, in one of their greatest missions, capturing Saddam Hussein. 'The Activity,” as it became known to insiders, has achieved near-mythical status, even among the world's Special Operations elite. Hidden from the politicians and the government bean counters, The Activity has been carrying out deniable operations, preparing the way for Delta and SEAL Team Six. Now journalist Michael Smith gets inside this clandestine military team to expose their explosive history and secrets. Smith has spoken to many former members of the Activity and reveals the incredible truth behind the world's most secret Special Operations organization, a unit that is at the forefront of the War on Terror.
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 Madeningly frustrating July 30, 2010
Edwin G. Garver (Chicago)
In many ways the title is quite misleading. We do indeed have fast reaction paramilitary commandos trained to a razor's edge. The problem is that we never use them for their intended purpose. The book relates in crystal clear detail how pussilanimity, backstabbing, incompetence, and general inertia at the highest levels in the pentagon, principally the joint chiefs of staff, frustrate and block any and all attempts at retaliation or proactive action by America's finest and highest trained troops. One wonders how one ever gets to be a senior level general. Does it mean that to be a senior level general you must surrender your manhood? I do not mean for these words to demean the book or its author, as the author does go into painstaking detail how plans are made to "get in any way possible" America's worst enemies like Osama. The planners and operators are gung ho to do what is necessary to make America safe. It is the CIA and mostly the pentagon that makes a mockery of the fighting spirit of our most elite. Ironically enough, it is the British SAS who come in for high praise. They are not at all hamstrung by their own generals in doing what needs to be done. After reading this book, one wonders if the hijackers on 9/11 would have done America a big favor by wrecking the whole pentagon. At the very least, a whole lot of worthless generals and colonels would have been taken out.
Lots of Info May 4, 2010
Hello
A little dry at first, but overall this is a great book about a little known unit that was present at many of the events that shaped the history of our military and the world we live in.
 Killer Elite June 28, 2009
Jesus M. Arellano (Brownsville, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you read the book by Steven Emerson Silent Warriors you have read Killer Elite. Killer Elite is a copycat of Secret Warriors except that it was written in the 21st century and Secret warriors in 1988. The book does not describe what the title states. Suppossedly Killer Elite will describe elite commnandos performing raids against terrorism instead you get a description of how an intel unit was created, managed and mismanaged. At least it tells you that people in the Pentagon are gutless and egotistical. I am given three stars beacause the work the author did after what Steven Emerson wrote. If you are looking for action you will be disappointed.
 interesting book June 17, 2009
T. lindquist (north carolina)
this book shows another good idea brought forth by the military but never used to its full potential due to all the political bullcrap that always prevents units such as these from doing their job.
 Good info/poorly written June 5, 2009
Ryan E. Warren (Denver, CO)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Some (though by no means all) of the information in this book was interesting and even surprising. However, the book was poorly written (I agree with the review stating that it was heavily written) and recounted well known information that could be gathered from the newspaper as though it was exciting, new information apparently never before revealed. This felt like a very long college paper.
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