Jackie George was one of the first women to be used by the army in the fight against terrorism in Northern Ireland. 'She Who Dared' is her own frank account of the training she undertook and of the covert operations in which she took part during her two tours of duty in Northern Ireland. It is illustrated with her own photographs, some of which readers may find shocking.

In the prelude to the first Gulf war, a two-man SAS team were sent into Iraq to obtain vital intelligence on the building of Saddam Hussain's supergun.The two-man team of Sergeant "Mitch" Mitchell along with a new recruit to the Regiment, Trooper "Bozzy" Bosworth were tasked to locate and report on the building of a supergun barrel that was being assembled on the side of a mountain in the Hamrin mountains just north of Tikrit.The mission was a simple mission to report on the progress of the build then move on to other sites of interest where intelligence suggested parts were being built and transported by rail.Unknown to the two men was that Saddam Hussain was about to invade Kuwait, but during their mission they stumbled on the secret movement of Saddam's troops one night when they were investigating some railway sheds in Baghdad.Now their mission was ever changing they were asked to provide intelligence of Iraqi troops near the border with Kuwait and were asked to carry out small hit and run raids on the Iraqi supplies.When Iraq invaded Kuwait the two men were asked to rescue some people from Kuwait City and take them to an Area in the desert for extraction, there mission had got even more complicated when they had to extract a Iraqi couple who had been working on Saddam's WMD only for the couple to disappear on the day of their extraction. The two men were then asked to provide intelligence on some more sites that could be being used for WMD's.There short mission in Iraq turned into a longer mission before they made there way out of the desert along with another SAS team back to Saudi Arabia at the end of the war.

The untold story of Rhodesian special forces and their defense of British Colonies in Africa during the Cold War, told by a soldier who was there. In Secret SAS Missions in Africa, a former senior member of the little-known C (Rhodesia) Squadron of Britain’s Special Air Service recounts their military operations in Africa during the Cold War. The Squadron was involved in almost continuous anti-communist operations over the period 1968 to 1980. In the unstable final stages of British colonial rule, the Squadron was constantly on the move. African nationalist movements, backed by Russia and China, posed a constant and deadly threat to colonial regimes. Small detachments of the SAS, with highly developed bush warfare skills, proved devastatingly effective at countering rebel factions in Kenya, Mozambique, Rhodesia, and elsewhere on the continent.

Secret Operations of the SAS charts the early days of the Regiment, and follows their major combat actions right through to their current deployment in the war against terrorism. With specially commissioned colour artwork and rare action photographs, it is a highly illustrated guide to the combat history of the SAS.

Fighting behind enemy lines means no escape if you are wounded, no way out if the operation goes wrong. But as the SAS have proved, a handful of elite soldiers can inflict damage out of all proportion to their numbers. From World War II to the Gulf War, the SAS have raided behind enemy line. In this authoritative account of SAS covert operations, William Fowler investigates both their successes and failures and examines the future role of the special forces in today's world of spy satellites and electronic warfare.

When planned missions go wrong they usually end up with men being left in a compromised position, but in this instance Sergeant Mitch Mitchell was left on his own in a war torn country.Thinking that a UN mission would be arriving in the area that he was in Mitch waited for them to arrive but when they failed to show he then had no choice but to help the people to fight back at their aggressors.When Mitch learnt that the UN would not be coming he then had to make a decision to leave his current location.But after being captured and tortured Mitch then made his escape and what followed was the longest escape and evasion mission that anyone had undertaken.So using his skills Mitch managed to escape from this country but then had to fight one more battle before he was free.

A British journalist specializing in defense topics offers a readable, useful addition to the literature on American special operations forces.