CQB: Close Quarter Battle

Informationen zum Autor Born and bred in the valleys, Mike Curtis followed his schoolmates down the pit at the age of sixteen. He decided, however, to break the mould and applied to join the Parachute Regiment in 1979. Enlisted in 2 Para, he served in Northern Ireland and then went out to the Falkland Islands. He joined the SAS in 1986. Klappentext Born and bred in the valleys, Mike Curtis followed his schoolmates down the pit at the age of sixteen. He decided, however, to break the mould and applied to join the Parachute Regiment in 1979. Enlisted in 2 Para, he served in Northern Ireland and then went out to the Falkland Islands. He joined the SAS in 1986. Zusammenfassung Even by SAS standards Mike Curtis has had a remarkable career. Constituting the biggest SAS overland fighting force since the Second World War, Mike Curtis's troop constituted a coherent, mobile weapon able to operate round the clock and defend itself against surprise attack. C.Q.B.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Curtis
• Publisher: Corgi
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1998
• EAN: 9780552144650
• ISBN: 978-0-552-14465-0
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 178 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, HISTORY / Military / General, True war and combat stories