Special and elite forces

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

'Captures the confusion, black humour, raw courage and sheer exhilaration of combat brilliantly' THE TIMES'Read this account of his stint with the 26-man strong X Platoon in the sweltering jungle, living on grubs, outnumbered 80 to one, battling heavily armed rebels with bamboo sticks and home-made grenades, and you'll be asking the question.

Set in the context of the Dieppe raid as a whole, Will Fowler studies the contribution of No.

Professor Michael Foot is indisputably the greatest authority on the activities of SOE in Europe during WW2.

Amde Maingard was a young Mauritian studying in London in 1939 who volunteered for the British Army.

Set in the context of the Dieppe raid as a whole, Will Fowler studies the contribution of No.

For most people, climbing a ladder to clear the gutters is a challenge.

Tony Hough’s war started with ski training in the Alps in early 1940 preparing for winter warfare in Finland.

Available for the first time in English, a memoir of a member of the World War II Brandenburg German special forces unit.

After nearly twenty years of SAS operations, including a never before published role in the infamous Bravo Two Zero patrol, Bob Shepherd retired from the military to work as an advisor on the international commercial security circuit.

Commando is the all action history of World War II's toughest troops, and is the complete untold story of victory against overwhelming odds.

This illustrated series presents the uniforms and equipment of the United States Army from the nineteenth century to the present day.

Alcibiades is one of the most famous (or infamous) characters of Classical Greece.

Commando is the all action history of World War II's toughest troops, and is the complete untold story of victory against overwhelming odds.

With his special forces training completed, Sergeant Roland Barker was allocated to Operation Arundel as its radio operator.

A bomb-disposal expert shares stories from conflict zones ranging from the Falklands to Kosovo to Iraq.

“[An] excellent volume .

The first memoir of an Afghan interpreter with the Coalition who served with both US Special Forces and the SAS over an eight year period.

The author of GCHG describes covert missions that "e;are worthy of spy fiction, but the entire book is utterly fascinating and informative.

From the Battle of Britain to D-Day, this book uncovers the history of the Channel War.

JOIN SAS LEGEND PHIL CAMPION AS HE SHARES HIS DEEPLY PERSONAL LIFE STORY, WARTS AND ALLIn WHO DARES WINS Big Phil Campion reveals his chequered past, from terrible abuse suffered in a string of kids' homes to psychological abuse suffered at a top public school.