First into Action by Duncan Falconer
UPDATED EDITION WITH NEW INSIGHTS The first Special Boat Services memoir written from the inside... The SBS was first into battle a month before the SAS in the Falklands War and again in the Gulf War, yet hitherto it is the SAS that has had by far the higher profile. The SBS draws its manpower solely from the Marine Commando Units, and the Royal Marines are the oldest and most battle-honoured regiment in the world. First Into Action tells how Duncan Falconer was recruited into the SBS at Poole in Dorset weeks after completing Royal Marines training. Several years later he joined the top secret 14th Intelligence Detachment in Northern Ireland. The book graphically describes the ruthless regimen of the SBS selection course and includes revelatory accounts of Special Forces operations in Ulster, the Falklands and the Gulf War. It also describes the intense rivalry between the SAS's individualist mentality and the more team-based, Marine ethos of the SBS.Duncan Falconer served in the Special Boat Service of the United Kingdom and 14 Int., Northern Ireland's top-secret SAS undercover detachment. His first book, the best-selling First Into Action, chronicled the SBS's real-life exploits. He departed the SBS after more than a decade of operational service and entered the private security industry. Falconer has spent the last few years operating in areas like Afghanistan, the Nigerian Delta, Palestine, Liberia, and Iraq, sometimes writing his novels while bullets rain down on the complex he is staying in.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781839012341 |
| ISBN 10 | 183901234X |
| Title | First into Action |
| Author | Duncan Falconer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Lume Books |
| Year published | 2020-12-15 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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