THE HANDBOOK OF THE SAS AND ELITE FORCES, HOW THE PROFESSIONALS FIGHT AND WIN

Edited by Jon E Lewis

Magpie paperback 1997

The SAS have earned their reputation as the world’s toughest fighting unit, from the Falklands War to the Gulf War and in countless crises elsewhere. Here is an action packed, step-by-step guide to the tactics of such elite units, with true accounts of the SAS’s most famous exploits, as well as to those crack US Army units such as Delta Force and the Green Berets.

How the SAS and other elite units came into being and how they work

Combat techniques in hostile environments, from the Sahara to the Arctic

Evasion, capture and escape routines

Health and medical skills

Hijack and hostage rescue

Landings and raids on hostile territory

Personal skills, including navigation, combat tracking, hazard avoidance

Wilderness survival, from making camp and improvising tools to finding edible food

True accounts of SAS actions world-wide, from the Second World War to the present, and including key battles in Oman, the Falklands and the Gulf.

This gripping book reveals both the heroism and the skills needed to count yourself among the worlds elite soldiers.

The book is in good clean condition and is still tightly bound.