While smuggling a Palestinian defector, who claims he has vital information for the USA's Homeland Security, through some of the tightest spots in the Middle East, the Unit goes up against a traitor in their own government who wants to destroy this elite counterterrorist team. Original.

Bashir, a Palestinian defector, claims he has information for Homeland Security. All he needs is a covert American team to smuggle him out of the Middle East. But Israel’s top- secret Mossad needs information from Bashir too. The situation is the perfect opportunity for rogue elements of the CIA to set a trap for the Unit. They’ll send Sergeant Major Jonas Blane’s team and Mosaad agents to collect Bashir at the same time, to force a stand-off. The result: the end of the elite counter-terrorist team.

This presents a major re-evaluation of the standard view of revolutionary armies, the range of attitudes towards the role of heroic individuals, the formation and leadership of armies, and the differences and similarities between such armies. Beginning with an exploration of the New Model Army of the 1640s, a force whose name itself seems to denote its revolutionary credentials, the author presents ten case studies from around the globe, including the American War of Independence, The French Revolution, The Zulu-Boer War, the Waffen SS and the Viet-Cong. Through a detailed analysis of source material, he examines the images connected with these armies, both historical and recent, and assesses these images in their socio-political and nationalist contexts.

Shatters culturally accepted myths of the Vietnam War as it reveals the truth about the battles, players, and policies of one of the most controversial wars in U.S. history.

"This is a study of U.S. government policymaking during the 30 years of the Vietnam war, 1945-75, beginning with the 1945-1960 period. Although focusing on the course of events in Washington and between Washington and U.S. officials on the scene, it also depicts major events and trends in Vietnam to which the U.S. was responding, as well as the state of American public opinion and public activity directed at supporting or opposing the war."--Preface.