This one-volume encyclopedia contains a complete A-Z of special forces tactics world-wide, including those of the SAS and a collection of accounts of forces operations since 1945. The book contains a step-by-step guide to their tactics. It covers raids and ambushes deep behind enemy lines to tracking, first aid, hostage rescue, navigation and wilderness survival in any terrain on earth, from the high Arctic to tropical jungles. It also includes true accounts of special forces operations since 1939, including action in the Falklands, Vietnam, Oman, Iran, China, Africa and Europe.