Ultimate Special Forces

The insider's guide to the world's most highly trained military units, now in paperback. Commandos, Delta Force, SAS, SEALs... Hugh McManners, a former commando and defence correspondent for The Sunday Times, explores the training, skills, organisation and equipment behind the military expertise of the world's most highly-trained soldiers. Get the inside scoop on famous operations - from the SAS Iranian Embassy siege in London to the assault on Baghdad in the Iraq War. And discover more about combat equipment: from aircraft and submersibles to missiles, grenades and medical kit. A unique insight into the military expertise of todays global warriors.