The only thing worth dying for : how eleven Green Berets forged a new Afghanistan / Eric Blehm.

Includes bibliographical refernces—(p. 363-365).

“Maps on lining papers”.

“The author exposes the realities of unconventional warfare and nation-building in Afghanistan in this chronicle of one of the most important military mission in the early days of the Global War on Terror--ODA 574--wherein a Special Forces team infiltrated the mountains of southern Afghanistan, fomented a tribal revolt, and forced the Taliban to surrender”.

Summary: “This story is dedicated to the men and women of the coalition forces who have fought in Afghanistan, and to their families and loved ones, many of whom have come to realize that not all battles end with the war”—back of title page.