Hammerhead Six
How Green Berets Waged an Unconventional War Against the Taliban to Win in Afghanistan's Deadly Pech Valley
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4.4 • 29 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Two years before the action in Lone Survivor, a team of Green Berets conducted a very different, successful mission in Afghanistan's notorious Pech Valley. Led by Captain Ronald Fry, Hammerhead Six applied the principles of unconventional warfare to "win hearts and minds" and fight against the terrorist insurgency.
In 2003, the Special Forces soldiers entered an area later called "the most dangerous place in Afghanistan." Here, where the line between civilians and armed zealots was indistinct, they illustrated the Afghan proverb: "I destroy my enemy by making him my friend." Fry recounts how they were seen as welcome guests rather than invaders. Soon after their deployment ended, the Pech Valley reverted to turmoil. Their success was never replicated. Hammerhead Six finally reveals how cultural respect, hard work (and the occasional machine-gun burst) were more than a match for the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
Customer Reviews
Good account of different approach to with no shooting
Title of book misleading. If you are looking for a typical action packed story of war, this is not your book as I don't believe one enemy combatant was intentionally shot during entire book.
Book describes winning over locals by basically buying their friendship and way too much detail in telling the events.
I appreciate our soldiers being there and the job they did, but maybe title should have suggested their mission.