Wanted dead or alive : manhunts from Geronimo to Bin Laden /

Wanted dead or alive : manhunts from Geronimo to Bin Laden /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Runkle, Benjamin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Geronimo, > 1829-1909.
Aguinaldo, Emilio, > 1869-1964.
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.
Intervention (International law) > History.
Fugitives from justice > History.
United States > Armed Forces > History.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.