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Beschreibung

Highly-trained and immensely skilled, the SAS are widely regarded as one of the best Special Forces units in the world. Their missions are uniquely diverse:counter-terrorist responses at home and abroad; deep penetration for reconnaissance and guiding air strikes; training and supporting indigenous forces; counter-insurgency in collaboration with U.S. Delta Force, SEAL Team Six, and other foreign Special Forces; mobile operations in support of conventional forces; targeting terrorist leaders and manhunting war criminals, to "direct action" raids.

This book charts the changing organization and operational emphases of the regiment over the past twenty-five years, as well as its individual deployments and operations, including those planned but aborted and joint missions with other British and foreign units. It sheds light on the SAS's involvement in the Troubles of Northern Ireland, their operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the widespread use of the SAS in counter-terrorism and counterinsurgency operations since 9/11.

Highly-trained and immensely skilled, the SAS are widely regarded as one of the best Special Forces units in the world. Their missions are uniquely diverse:counter-terrorist responses at home and abroad; deep penetration for reconnaissance and guiding air strikes; training and supporting indigenous forces; counter-insurgency in collaboration with U.S. Delta Force, SEAL Team Six, and other foreign Special Forces; mobile operations in support of conventional forces; targeting terrorist leaders and manhunting war criminals, to "direct action" raids.

This book charts the changing organization and operational emphases of the regiment over the past twenty-five years, as well as its individual deployments and operations, including those planned but aborted and joint missions with other British and foreign units. It sheds light on the SAS's involvement in the Troubles of Northern Ireland, their operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the widespread use of the SAS in counter-terrorism and counterinsurgency operations since 9/11.

Über den Autor

Leigh Neville is an Australian national currently living and working in Sydney. He has traveled and worked internationally--based in Europe for ten years--and now works for a large American consultancy and is completing a master's program in international studies. This is his latest book for Osprey, a companion to his Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan (Elite 163).

Peter Dennis was born in 1950. Inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn he studied illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.

Zusammenfassung
Includes operations in Northern Ireland, the 'Bravo Two Zero'-type missions in the Gulf, and the secret operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: formation; brief overview of ops from WW II to Falklands War 1982
The Embassy Effect - worldwide interest since Iranian Embassy counter-terrorist op in 1980 - foreign training ops /Op 'Banner' - the SAS in Northern Ireland
Op 'Granby' 1990-91 - the SAS in the First Gulf War
The 1990s - the Balkans, and Sierra Leone
Op 'Veritas' 2001 - frustrating first ops in Afghanistan
Op 'Row' 2003 - Task Force 14 in Iraq
Op 'Telic' 2003-2009 - Task Force Black & TF Knight in Iraq - joint ops with US SF
Op 'Herrick 2006-2014 - Task Force 84 in Afghanistan
Weapons, Equipment & Vehicles
Special Forces Support Group
Commonwealth SAS - Australia & New Zealand

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472814036
ISBN-10: 1472814037
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Neville, Leigh
Illustrator: Dennis, Peter
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 246 x 182 x 7 mm
Von/Mit: Leigh Neville
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.12.2016
Gewicht: 0,214 kg
Artikel-ID: 104706073

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