Offering inside details of the US special operations forces, former Newsweek and Time correspondent Douglas Waller reveals the excruciating training and dangerous missions behind America’s elite fighting forces.
It was Les Knight's turn. The Australian had the last bomb. Last chance. It was 1.47am and pushing time to go. The weather had been kind so far, but night fogs crept in around this time and the Luftwaffe must be searching for them.
Recounts how the American government financed and orchestrated the ten-year civil war between the Sandinistas and the Contras
Lately, they have expanded their range of work to include well written novels using wartime settings." – WWII History MagazineFollows the story of two US Marines sent to learn from the British Commando training regime in Scotland, 1942.
In this latest book in John Parker's acclaimed series on British military activity, dramatically recalled in their own words by men who were there, he recounts the major events in the 60-year history of British Commando forces.
An illustrated survey of the various military units around the world, made up of men specially trained for specific action tasks.
Acclaimed military historian Charles Messenger follows these elite forces from the snowy wastes of Norway to the jungles of South-East Asia, from North Africa and Operation Torch to the Normandy beaches and Operation Overlord.