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14. SUBJECT TERMS:
Operation CHAVIN DE HUANTAR, Hostage Rescue, Game Theory,
Special Operations, SOF, CQB, EAGLE CLAW, DESERT ONE, Tehran, Iran, Lima, Peru, FIRE
MAGIC, MUNICH OLYMPICS, DE PUNT TRAIN HIJACKING, FORCE 777, Egypt, Malta,
Somalia, Mogadishu, McRaven, GSG-9, Strategic Thinking, John Nash, Biorhythm, BBE, Dozier
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ANATOMY OF A HOSTAGE RESCUE: WHAT MAKES HOSTAGE
RESCUE OPERATIONS SUCCESSFUL?
Carlos M. Pérez
Major, United States Army
B.S.E.E., University of Miami, 1991
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN DEFENSE ANALYSIS
from the
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
September 2004
Author:
Carlos M. Pérez
Approved by:
Frank R. Giordano
Thesis
Co-Advisor
Gordon
H.
McCormick
Thesis
Co-Advisor
Peter
J.
Gustaitis
Third Reader
Gordon
H.
McCormick
Chairman,
Department
of
Defense
Analysis
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