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This is the insider's guide to the world's most highly trained military units, now in paperback. It features Commandos, Delta Force, SAS, and SEALs. Hugh McManners, a former commando and defence correspondent for "The Sunday Times", explores the training, skills, organisation and equipment behind the military expertise of the world's most highly-trained soldiers. It helps you get the inside scoop on famous operations - from the SAS Iranian Embassy siege in London to the assault on Baghdad in the Iraq War. And discover more about combat equipment: from aircraft and submersibles to missiles, grenades and medical kit. It offers a unique insight into the military expertise of today's global warriors.