The Mammoth Book of Special Ops: The 40 Most Dangerous Special Operations of Modern Times

by Richard Russell Lawrence

The Mammoth Book of Special Ops: The 40 Most Dangerous Special Operations of Modern Times (Mammoth Books)

Genres: Military Fiction

512 pages, Paperback

First published August 14, 2006

Reviews

[Gatlin Luke]

Richard Lawrence wrote the book ​The Mammoth Book​ ​Of Special OPS, ​which is mostly
about War and surviving in the war.This book has very intense and exciting parts, which makes
it a very good book. The genre for ​The Mammoth Book Of Special OPS ​is history and military.
This book is about a group of special forces in the 21st century that take on a dangerous
missions. This group of special forces take on around 30 special dangerous missions. There
missions are all stationed in either Iraq or Afghanistan. This group of soldiers has to use a lot of
communication and teamwork to complete these missions. They have put in a lot of work into
getting this job and being able to go on these missions. Out of thousands of soldiers this group
of ten soldiers were chosen to be the frontline on these missions. At some point in time some of
the soldiers have to choose life or death choices for themselves and other soldiers. This book
has very intense and scary parts that will keep you out of you sit.
I would give the book a 4 star rating because it is a very well written book. This book has
very exciting and intense moments that will make you want to keep reading it. This would be
perfect for a person who enjoys reading book about intense war battles . This book had its ups
and downs though, in some parts of the story it gets kind of boring but then it would get very
exciting again. Overall I believe this book would make it in the the top 10 of the books that I have
read. I just don’t think it’s a perfect piece of work to be my favorite book of all time.

[SheLove2Read]

I ended up reading about 1/3 of this book, which details some of the more dangerous and daring special operations of modern times. The presentation itself was very dry and I think that's what has me not finishing what otherwise would have been a very interesting book. Passing this along to my brother in law, an Army sergeant.

[Cws]

356.16

[Brett]

Non-fiction,War

[Kendra]

Interesting book covering a top 40 special operations from 1966-2006. Broken down into a short chapter format, somewhat dry, and basic info.

[Ivan]

I forgot why I don't like greatest hits albums, this book reminded me why