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First Into Action: A Dramatic Personal Account of Life Inside the SBS
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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First Into Action: A Dramatic Personal Account of Life Inside the SBS
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Duncan Falconer
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:448 | Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 131 |
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Category/Genre | Biographies:General |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780751531657
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Classifications | Dewey:359.96092 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Little, Brown Book Group
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Imprint |
Sphere
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Publication Date |
5 July 2001 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Special Boat Service draws its manpower solely from the Marine Commando Units. It was first into battle - a month before the SAS - in the Falklands War, and again in the Gulf War, yet hitherto it is the SAS that has had by far the higher profile. This memoir is written from inside the SBS. The author tells how he trained with the Royal Marines in Deal before being recruited into the SBS at Poole. The regimen of ruthless training is described in detail, and the book also contains accounts of SBS operations in Ulster, Bosnia and the Gulf War, and of the intense rivalry between the SAS's individualist mentality and the more team-based, marine ethos of the SBS.
Author Biography
Duncan Falconer grew up in Battersea in London, spending the first ten years of his life in an orphanage. He became a Special Forces operative at the age of nineteen (it is unlikely there will ever be one as young again). He is now a successful screenwriter in Los Angeles.
Reviews'A must for military buffs.' MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
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