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Secret Warfare: Special Operations Forces from the Great Game to the SAS

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Secret Warfare: Special Operations Forces from the Great Game to the SAS - Weale, Adrian
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The Jewel Game was a memory technique taught to British agents in India, as they prepared to take on their Imperial Russian adversaries. A century later, this technique is used by British special forces as they prepare for operations against the IRA. This book explores the evolutionary path of special forces from the 19th century to modern elite forces used in the Gulf War, the Falklands and Vietnam. The book takes in such diverse figures as Lawrence of Arabia and Sir Peter del la Billiere, and examines the record of ...

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Secret Warfare: Special Operations Forces from the Great Game to the SAS 1998, Coronet Books, London

ISBN-13: 9780340658246

Mass-market paperback

Secret Warfare: Special Operations Forces from the Great Game to the SAS 1997, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9780340658239

Hardcover