Special & Elite Forces

Originally one of the paramilitary groups that arose in Germany's turbulent 1920s , the SS grew from its original protection activities into theDea...

Wanted: Volunteers for Project Delta. Will guarantee you a medal. A body bag. Or both. When Charlie Beckwith issued this call to arms in Vietnam in...

In June 1944, Allied forces fighting desperately to establish a foothold in Normandy and then breakout of the confining bocage found themselves opp...

For Fuhrer and Fatherland is the extraordinary story of how British and American Intelligence thwarted a wartime plan for a daring mass break-out o...

British Commando George Thomsen's action-filled account of combat during the Falklands War. Seen through the eyes of Section Commander George Thoms...

To many it would later seem as if the rule book of war had been torn up and thrown away. The First World War is usually characterised as a static w...

As an 18-year-old, John Urwin was posted to Cyprus, where he was recruited into a top-secret unit called the Sixteen, whose task was to assassinate...

From his cage in a putrid, overcrowded Indian gaol, Paul Jordan reflects on a life lived on the edge and curses the miscalculation that robbed him ...

Short Stirling: Queen of the Skies is dedicated to the RAF's first four-engine heavy bomber and is the culmination of an incredible 30 years' compr...

In New York Times bestseller Level Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky follows the members of US. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 on their assignme...

Follow America's elite warriors through the military's most grueling training and learn how they survive real special operations.Of the 18 months r...

Written by an expert on modern Special Forces units and the operations they undertake, this book explains the evolution of the Rangers' missions in...

Paul Bruce was a tough, idealistic young trooper in the SAS when he was dispatched to Northern Ireland at the height of the troubles. His top secre...

The assassination of Osama bin Laden by SEAL Team 6 in May 2011 will certainly figure among the greatest achievements of US Special Forces. After n...

Mac Tucker, or 'Serge' to use his callsign, is one of an elite group of men trained to fly F-18 jets. Now, for the first time, Serge takes you behi...

The Gurkhas have fought on behalf of Britain and India for nearly two hundred years. As brave as they are resilient, resourceful and cunning, they ...

In June 1944, an elite unit of British paratroopers was sent on a daring and highly risky behind-the-lines mission, which was deemed vital to the s...

This highly illustrated title traces the development of mercenary soldiering from individuals and small units in the African wars of the 1960s90s t...

Peter Ratcliffe served in the SAS for twenty-five years. Blooded in Oman in the 1970s, he also saw action in Northern Ireland, in the Falklands War...