In the combat zone
Subtitle: special forces since 1945
By: Robin Neillands
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780297816737
Subjects: Special forces (Military science); History; Kommandotruppe; Geschichte 1945-1997
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-335) and index.
Table of contents: title: Special soldiers, special tasks; title: The nursery of special forces, 1940-1945; title: Tactics, training, technology and terrain; title: The post-war world, 1945-1950; title: Behind the lines in Korea, 1950-1953; title: Colonial wars, 1950-1960; title: Commando attacks and low-intensity operations, 1955-1960; title: Revolts and renaissance, 1960-1970; title: The Green Berets in Vietnam, 1961-1965; title: LRRPs, SEALs, and Force Recon, Vietnam, 1968-1973; title: Terrorism and counter-terrorism, 1970-1997; title: SAS v. IRA, 1969-1997; title: The Falklands War, 1982; title: The Gulf, 1958-1991; title: Desert Storm, 1990-1991; title: In the twenty-first century.