In The Combat Zone: Special Forces Since 1945

Robin Neillands goes behind the the "gung-ho hero" myth of special forces to tell their true story since 1945, using the words of the soldiers themselves, hefollows the phases of expansion and contraction of special forces, their successes and failures, the developments in technology, and new roles in anti- terrorism and anti-drug operations.He descrbes the exploits ot the SAS and the Green Berets, as well as regiments and special forces form other countries.