Dr Terry White (7 results)

Hardback. Dust Jacket. Book in Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Good only. Pictorial stiff card boards, large format, not inscribed, 192 pages Fully illustrated throughout. The pictorial Dust Jacket is a replica of the boards. There is damp staining to the inside of the dust jacket with some marks and creasing to front cover. This book is an authoritative account of how the world's most deadly military units are created and kept in a state of high readiness. It shows how the realistic and arduous training of such as the S A S, Green Berets and SEAL's ensures that only the best recruits get through, and how formations such as the US 82nd Airborne Division are organised to deploy at a moment's notice to any trouble spot in the world.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. First American Edition. 192pp, index, num bw & col ills. Or pictorial laminated boards. Small scratch to front cover. Looks at the worlds elite fighting forces including the SAS of Britain and Australia; Green Berets; Royal Marines; French Foreign Legion; Spetsnaz; US Army Rangers, Israeli Parachute Corps and others. Includes chapter on weapons and equipment, and another on fighting terrorism. Size: Small 4to.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Decorative Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Blitz Edition. Special men, special weapons and equipment. The term elite conjures up images of grimly determined warriors undertaking dangerous missions against the odds, and none more so than the SAS. This book is an authoritative account of how the world's most dealy military units are created and kept in a state of high readiness. This book shows how the SAS and other units have been born in battle and how their fighting traditions have been built up. It lists the combat experience of the SAS and other units. This book shows how the realistic and arduous training of such as the SAS, Green Berets and SEALs, ensure that only the best recruits get through: and how formations such as the US 82nd Airbourne Division are organised to deploy at a moment's notice to any trouble spot in the world. This book is illustrated with 90 colour and 60 black and white photographs. Illustrated. Illustrated laminated boards. Slight shelf wear and tiny tear to D/J.…

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Condition Notes: A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrappe with a nick to the top corner of the upper panel; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over ; Illustrated with photographs, in colour & black and white. || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #109009 ||. …

Roy. 8vo, pp. 192, Index, col. & b/w photos, prev. owner's stamp, or. bds. in d.j., v.g.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. An excellent, clean and tightly bound book, richly illustrated with photographs. 192 pages. Index.