Sean Naylor
Auteur van Not a Good Day to Die
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Sean Naylor received a master's degree in international relations from Boston University in 1990. He is a journalist, who currently is a senior writer for Army Times. His first book, Clash of Chariots: The Great Tank Battles, which he co-wrote, was published in 1995. His other books include Not a toon meer Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda and Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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The book seems pretty accurate to me since the areas where I do have other information are pretty much in congruence with it. A lot of the details of the major actions are well documented elsewhere and agree. What really made this book great was a look into the jsoc command level and interservice interactions, as well as some of the personalities leading the units. There were a few of the newer elements of JSOC described which haven’t really been discussed elsewhere, although not in great detail — I am looking forward to more detailed accounts focusing on the computer and network exploitation and preparatory/clandestine formations, although those obviously will remain secret as long as operationally beneficial.
One of the big takeaways is that future conflicts probably could be fought by a JSOC of the future which focuses less on the extremely high end expensive capabilities and more on clandestine and commercial activities (along with tech, both signals and cyber) (which is the direction it has been undeniably loving; a lot of the high end capabilities are used only because they exist); in the long run this might be something an entirely private organization could create and operate.… (meer)