FIGHTING SKILLS OF THE SAS AND SPECIAL FORCES brings an insider's eye to the most secretive and demanding military techniques used by Britain's Special Air Service and by other crack special forces units around the world, among them the Royal Marines' Special Boat Service, the Australian Special Air Service, the Canadian Special Service Force, the Russian Republic's Spetsnaz and the US Navy's SEAL teams.

Authored by a former special forces commando, thus book sports detailed illustrations, reveals the amazing tricks of their trade and of their training manuals. Among the many techniques explained are: Boarding an aircraft flying at 130 mph Entering a submerged submarine Mounting ambushes Planning a raid on an enemy base Penetrating hostile defences Free-fall parachuting from 30,000 feet Operating behind enemy lines Survival, evasion, resistance and escape routines How to avoid being attacked Intelligence and counter-intelligence techniques.


By Terry White

412 pages