Deadly Fighting Skills of the World - Softcover

Crawford, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312202628 ISBN 13: 9780312202620

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 1999

Synopsis

Deadly Fighting Skills of the World is the most in-depth study yet of how trained soldiers kill and wound, and a complete insight into how human beings can be turned into deadly fighting machines.

These skills can be primitive as well as ultramodern. Far Eastern elite troops train in the historic martial arts: the South Korean Tiger Division is expert in the lethal skills of punching and kicking. Western special forces can fight with their hands, using them to defeat heavily armed assailants, and can kill without a sound. They can improvise weapons from materials at hand. But they also have access to the most sophisticated weaponry: hand-held anti-tank guns which can transform a tank into a blazing hulk. They know the latest techniques of ambush, how to assassinate heavily guarded political opponents, and how to rapidly destroy key installations.

All the above and much more is in this exceptionally interesting book, made more graphic by 100 diagrams and 80 photographs.

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Crawford has a postgraduate degree in military history from the University of York. A former employee of the British intelligence services, he has worked on numerous foreign assignments. Now a freelance writer, he has written several books on elite units, such as The SAS at Close Quarters and SAS Gulf Warriors. He continues to research this particular field of military affairs and currently lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0312202628
• ISBN 13: 9780312202620
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192