In the spring of 1980, the Irish Department of Defence sanctioned
the establishment of a new unit within the Irish Defence Forces and
the Irish Army Ranger Wing (ARW) came into being. In the decades
that followed, its soldiers have been deployed on active service at
home and abroad, generally without the knowledge of the wider
public. The ARW is made up of seasoned men from across the island,
who are selected through tough competition. Only the best of the
best make it through and are trained in an extraordinary range of
specialist skills. Being one of these elite operators takes more
than simply being a skilled soldier - it means believing you are
the best. Shadow Warriors tells the story behind the creation of
the ARW, from its origins in specialist counter-terrorism training
in the late 1960s and the preparation of small unconventional units
in the 1970s to the formation of the ARW itself in 1980 and its
subsequent history. The first and only authoritative account in the
public domain of this specialist unit, authors Paul O'Brien and
Sergeant Wayne Fitzgerald have been granted access to the closed
and clandestine world of Ireland's Special Forces, who train hard,
fight harder and face unconventional types of warfare, yet prefer
to stay out of the limelight.
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