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“John Carney is one of the few heroes I have.”–LT. COL. L. H. “BUCKY” BURRUSS, USA (Ret.) Founding member and Deputy Commander of Delta ForceWhen the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite “special tactics” team in the late 1970s to work in conjunction with special-operations forces combating terrorists and hijackers and defusing explosive international emergencies, John T. Carney was the man they turned to. Since then Carney and the U.S. Air Force Special Tactical units have circled the world on sensitive clandestine missions. They have operated behind enemy lines gathering vital intelligence. They have combated terrorists and overthrown dangerous dictators. They have suffered many times the casualty rate of America’s conventional forces. But they have gotten the job done–most recently in stunning victories in the war on terrorism in Afghanistan, which Carney calls “America’s first special-operations war.” Now, for the first time, Colonel Carney lifts the veil of secrecy and reveals what really goes on inside the special-operations forces that are at the forefront of contemporary warfare.Part memoir, part military history, No Room for Error reveals how Carney, after a decade of
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- Author
- Carney, John T. & Schemmer, Benjamin F. [Carney, John T. & Schemmer, Benjamin F.]
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780345453358
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Military, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.78 / 5 (28 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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