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Delta Force in Syria & Iraq (Paperback): Steve Stone Delta Force in Syria & Iraq (Paperback)
Steve Stone
R208 Discovery Miles 2 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Albanische Muslime in Der Waffen-SS - Von "Grossalbanien" Zur Division "Skanderbeg" (German, Hardcover): Franziska A Zaugg Albanische Muslime in Der Waffen-SS - Von "Grossalbanien" Zur Division "Skanderbeg" (German, Hardcover)
Franziska A Zaugg
R2,032 Discovery Miles 20 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Special Forces - Top 10 Military Special Forces Of The World: Navy Seals, Delta Force, SAS, Secret Missions, Special Force,... Special Forces - Top 10 Military Special Forces Of The World: Navy Seals, Delta Force, SAS, Secret Missions, Special Force, Commandos (Paperback)
Richard Berrington
R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Practical Guerrilla Warfare (Paperback): R., J. Godlewski Practical Guerrilla Warfare (Paperback)
R., J. Godlewski
R209 Discovery Miles 2 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Special Forces - A Unique National Asset "through, with and by" (Paperback): Mark D Boyatt Special Forces - A Unique National Asset "through, with and by" (Paperback)
Mark D Boyatt
R804 Discovery Miles 8 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Secret War Dhofar 1971-1972 (Paperback): David C. Arkless The Secret War Dhofar 1971-1972 (Paperback)
David C. Arkless
R578 Discovery Miles 5 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Special Operations Forces - Elements, Trends in Force Structure & Funding (Hardcover): Naomi Duncan Special Operations Forces - Elements, Trends in Force Structure & Funding (Hardcover)
Naomi Duncan
R3,668 Discovery Miles 36 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Special Operations are military operations requiring unique modes of employment, tactical techniques, equipment, and training often conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments and characterised by one or more of the following: time sensitive, clandestine, low visibility, conducted with and/or through indigenous forces, requiring regional expertise, and/or a high degree of risk. Special Operations Forces (SOF) are those active and reserve component forces of the services designated by the Secretary of Defense and specifically organised, trained, and equipped to conduct and support special operations. Since 2001, the Department of Defense (DOD) has increased the size and funding of SOF and emphasised SOF's importance to meet national security needs. SOF deployments have focused on the Middle East and placed significant demand on the force during this period. This book examines trends since FY 2001 in authorised special operations military positions; the extent to which DOD has determined total funding for SOF; and the extent to which DOD has taken steps to manage the pace of SOF deployments, among other issues.

Afghan Warrior - U.S. Navy SEALs Stories of Valor in Afghanistan (Paperback): Steve Stone Afghan Warrior - U.S. Navy SEALs Stories of Valor in Afghanistan (Paperback)
Steve Stone
R284 Discovery Miles 2 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Shock Factor (Paperback): Jack Coughlin Shock Factor (Paperback)
Jack Coughlin
R552 R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Delta Force - The Elite US Special Forces Unit (Paperback): Eric Adams, John Winters Delta Force - The Elite US Special Forces Unit (Paperback)
Eric Adams, John Winters
R373 Discovery Miles 3 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Special Forces - Tales of Heroism from Around the World (Paperback): Steve Stone Special Forces - Tales of Heroism from Around the World (Paperback)
Steve Stone
R307 Discovery Miles 3 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Operation Nimrod - The Iranian Embassy Siege (Paperback): Russell Phillips Operation Nimrod - The Iranian Embassy Siege (Paperback)
Russell Phillips
R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The truth behind the SAS' most famous mission. Drawing on extensive research, Operation Nimrod dispels the myths and reveals the truth of those six long days, and the dramatic rescue that thrust the SAS into the public eye. On 29th April 1980, British police assured Iran that their embassy was secure. The very next day, terrorists stormed the embassy and took twenty-six hostages. With the Iranian government willing to let the hostages become martyrs, and the British government only willing to talk if the terrorists surrendered, twenty-six lives hung in the balance. What followed was six days of tension and terror. It was finally ended when the SAS launched a daring rescue mission, broadcast live on television. Millions held their breath, waiting to see the outcome of Operation Nimrod.

Black Ops (Paperback): Steve Stone Black Ops (Paperback)
Steve Stone
R421 Discovery Miles 4 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Warrior's Path - Lessons In Leadership (Paperback): Robert a Trivino A Warrior's Path - Lessons In Leadership (Paperback)
Robert a Trivino
R517 Discovery Miles 5 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Afghan Heat - SAS Operations in Afghanistan (Paperback): Steve Stone Afghan Heat - SAS Operations in Afghanistan (Paperback)
Steve Stone
R277 Discovery Miles 2 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Making of a Paratrooper - Airborne Training and Combat in World War II (Paperback): Kurt Gabel The Making of a Paratrooper - Airborne Training and Combat in World War II (Paperback)
Kurt Gabel; Edited by William C. Mitchell; Foreword by Theodore A. Wilson
R1,005 Discovery Miles 10 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The memoir of paratrooper Kurt Gabel-a German Jew who emigrated to the US in 1938, joined the 513th Regiment of the 17th Airborne Division, and fought against his former countrymen in the Battle of the Bulge. Gabel conveys with rare immediacy anin-depth look at the training of a paratrooper, the dangers of combat, and his transformation from romantic idealist to warrior. He vividly recounts the fire fights and such episodes as narrow escapes, separation from his battalion and his rescue by another, and the interrogation of prisoners. He tells the full story of his desperate hours on "Dead Man's Ridge" near Bastogne.

Level Zero Heroes - The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan (Paperback): Michael Golembesky Level Zero Heroes - The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan (Paperback)
Michael Golembesky
R476 R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In New York Times bestseller Level Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky follows the members of US. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 on their assignment to the remote and isolated Taliban stronghold known as Bala Murghab as they conduct special operations in an effort to break the Taliban's grip on the Valley. What started out as a routine mission changed when two 82nd Airborne Paratroopers tragically drowned in the Bala Murghab River while trying to retrieve vital supplies from an air drop gone wrong. In that moment, the focus and purpose of the friendly forces at Forward Operating Base Todd was forever altered as a massive clearing operation was initiated to break the Taliban's stranglehold on the valley and recover the bodies. From close quarters firefights in Afghan villages to capturing key terrain from the Taliban in the unforgiving Afghan Winter, this intense and personal story depicts the brave actions and sacrifices of MSOT 8222. Readers will understand the hopelessness of being pinned down under a hail of enemy gunfire and the quake of the earth as a 2000 lb. guided bomb levels a fortified Taliban fighting position. A moving story of Marine Operators doing what they do best, Level Zero Heroes brings to life the mission of these selected few that fought side by side in Afghanistan, in a narrative as action packed and emotional as anything to emerge from the Special Operations community contribution to the Afghan War.

The Sixteen - The Sensational Story of Britain's Top-Secret Military Assassination Squad (Paperback): John Urwin The Sixteen - The Sensational Story of Britain's Top-Secret Military Assassination Squad (Paperback)
John Urwin 1
R522 Discovery Miles 5 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As an 18-year-old, John Urwin was posted to Cyprus, where he was recruited into a top-secret unit called the Sixteen, whose task was to assassinate key figures throughout the Middle East. Now he breaks his silence to tell their story. Their training was said to have surpassed that of the SAS in unarmed combat and weaponry. His description of their four key missions is explosive and a riveting account of the turbulent 1950s in the Middle East. The Cold War was approaching its height and when there was a mission to be undertaken that no government could be seen to endorse, the Sixteen would do the job. No previous depiction of a military group, in book or movie, has remotely compared to the secrecy, skills and sheer professionalism of the Sixteen.

The Mammoth Book of Special Forces Training (Paperback): Jon E. Lewis The Mammoth Book of Special Forces Training (Paperback)
Jon E. Lewis
R642 R608 Discovery Miles 6 080 Save R34 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What does it take, both physically and mentally, to join the world's most respected--and feared--military units? Lewis looks at the origins, training, tactics, weapons, and achievements of regiments such as Britain's SAS and Paratroopers, the US Navy SEALS, Delta Force, Army Rangers and Green Berets, Russia's Spetsnaz, and the Israeli Special Forces, as well as the codes that bind their members together. He looks at training in everything from wilderness survival to hand-to-hand combat.

Confederate Black Ops - The Untold Story of the Confederate Clandestine Services (Paperback): Charles L Tilton II Confederate Black Ops - The Untold Story of the Confederate Clandestine Services (Paperback)
Charles L Tilton II
R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
One Tribe at a Time - The Paper That Changed the War in Afghanistan (Paperback): Jim Gant One Tribe at a Time - The Paper That Changed the War in Afghanistan (Paperback)
Jim Gant; Edited by Shawn Coyne; Introduction by Steven Pressfield
R312 R289 Discovery Miles 2 890 Save R23 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Major Jim Gant, a man seen by many of us as the 'perfect insurgent, '--an inspiring, gifted, courageous leader... -- GENERAL DAVID H. PETRAEUS (U.S. Army, Ret.) THE PAPER THAT ROCKED OSAMA BIN LADEN Team members during the May 2, 2011 U.S. military raid that killed Osama Bin Laden seized piles of Al Qaeda intelligence. One piece of evidence found in Bin Laden's personal sleeping quarters was an English language copy of Jim Gant's One Tribe at a Time. It contained notes in the margins consistent with others identified as written by Osama Bin Laden. A directive from Osama Bin Laden to his intelligence chief was also discovered. It identified Jim Gant by name as an impediment to Al Qaeda's operational objectives for eastern Afghanistan. Bin Laden ordered that Gant be assassinated. " One Tribe at a Time] was hugely important...at a time when I was looking for ideas on Afghanistan... Gant] was the first to write it down, in a very coherent fashion, very readable, very encouraging frankly...and there is enormous power in that." --General David H. Petraeus (U.S. Army, Ret.) quoted in American Spartan: The Promise, The Mission, and The Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant by Ann Scott Tyson

India's Special Forces - History and Future of Special Forces (Paperback): P.C. Katoch, Saikat Datta India's Special Forces - History and Future of Special Forces (Paperback)
P.C. Katoch, Saikat Datta
R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Employment till now of our nascent Special Forces have been analyzed including whether our Special Forces have actually been employed or used as Special Forces or primarily used in counter-insurgency operations for which we have any number of other units available. The book brings out whether a rare resource like Special Forces should or should not be employed for such missions that can be performed by a host of other groups. In the backdrop of 21st Century threats, what should be the Special Forces structure in India, their concept of employment and doctrine? These are the other questions this book has attempted to answer.

Backbone - History, Traditions, and Leadership Lessons of Marine Corps NCOs (Paperback): Julia Dye Backbone - History, Traditions, and Leadership Lessons of Marine Corps NCOs (Paperback)
Julia Dye
R483 R456 Discovery Miles 4 560 Save R27 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
MI6: British Secret Intelligence Service Operations, 1909-1945 (Hardcover): Nigel West MI6: British Secret Intelligence Service Operations, 1909-1945 (Hardcover)
Nigel West 1
R768 R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Save R105 (14%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Written by the renowned expert Nigel West, this book exposes the operations of Britain's overseas intelligence-gathering organisation, the famed Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, and traces its origins back to its inception in 1909. In this meticulously researched account, its activities and structure are described in detail, using original secret service documents. The main body of the book concerns MI6's operations during the Second World War, and includes some remarkable successes and failures, including how MI6 financed a glamorous confidant of the German secret service; how a suspected French traitor was murdered by mistake; how Franco's military advisors were bribed to keep Spain out of the war; how members of the Swedish secret police were blackmailed into helping the British war effort; how a sabotage operation in neutral Tangiers enabled the Allied landings in North Africa to proceed undetected; and how Britain's generals ignored the first ULTRA decrypts because MI6 said that the information had come from a well-placed source called BONIFACE'. In this new edition, operations undertaken by almost all of MI6's overseas stations are recounted in extraordinary detail. They will fascinate both the professional intelligence officer and the general reader. The book includes organisational charts to illustrate MI6's internal structure and its wartime network of overseas stations. Backed by numerous interviews with intelligence officers and their agents, this engaging inside story throws light on many wartime incidents that had previously remained unexplained.

The Crimson Beret - Who Else but Us? Revelations by a Special Forces Officer (Paperback): Gennadii Ternovskii The Crimson Beret - Who Else but Us? Revelations by a Special Forces Officer (Paperback)
Gennadii Ternovskii
R504 Discovery Miles 5 040 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
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