Special Forces: War on Terrorism in Afghanistan

by Eric Micheletti

Book Overview

Eric Micheletti, well known editor of Raids Magazine in France is an internationally respected special Forces expert. In this spectacular new book he gives a day by day objective and highly documented explanation of the use of American, British, French and Australian speciual forces in the current campaign in Afghanistan.

Accompanied be numerous color illustrations, the book covers the operations, equipment, uniforms and armament of these elite...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2913903908
• ISBN13: 9782913903906
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Histoire & Collections
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.0" x 12.0"

Customer Reviews

Who cares what these jerks say

Well first off, I am not in the military or even care to be in the military. Now that's out of the way, I can state what I think of this book without sounding like these jerke writing these reviews saying how inaccurate this book might be. First off, Special forces are not something that the public is going to have full knowledge of, or even what they do. Yeah maybe some of the pics are inaccurate on some form ,but all the same it's just giving an example rather than actually having the actual soldier right there in the studio. These guys writing reviews are nothing more than mall ninjas who only fantasize about being the real deal, while they aren't doing anything with their life(especially not writing books) and talking lies about what "special op"they have been on, and how they can tell you , but then they will have to kill you after. And as far as this one reviewer saying that the pics did not have their face blurred out, and how the enemy now knows who they might be. Give me a break you jerk! Yeah I'm sure all the terrorists are heading to their local Borders or Barne and Nobles in their third world country, with their hard earned money, an also comparing the photos next to the book saying'Yeah ,that's the guy, Let's kill him. Get a life. I don't even care if you might have served, get a life anyways. You weren't in any special forces , you're probably in the reserves, and dreaming of being in something better. Other than that, the book is pretty cool,I think. It shows real pics(that of course can't be inaccurate) and models that show a run down of how the soldiers and others dressed. Some facts, that of course you might have to take with a grain of salt. I think it's the best book out there for the people who want more of a visual ,rather than imagining it in their heads. Good book.

Excellent Military Read

I recently purchased this book, and after reading the several reviews you see before you, I've come to several conclusions. One being that the book has been translated wonderfully. You have to understand that languages cannot be exactly translated. Two is the one picture showing U.S. Special Forces and SAS is not a mistake, if you read carefully, you'll notice two individuals kneeling and another in a prone position. Those two are SAS in 'civvies' (undercover) assisting the American operators. The book provides excellent photographs for all of those who want a superb display of the tactical gear worn by the various Coalition Forces operating in Afghanistan. I viewed the website and only a scarce few are shown in the book. All in all this is a great selection if you're looking for a book with magnificent crisk color photographs of the soldiers and their military gear!

Not for the specialists

A coffee-table book packed with pictures. If you are looking for highly specialized infos, give it a miss. If you want loads of pictures (including reconstructions) and some background infos, go for it.The original text was obviously in French and the translation is not always 100% but it remains readable.Good infos on non-US units and interesting pictures taken by the in-house "RAIDS" reporter, Yves Debay.

Australia mentioned at last

At last a book that mentions the Australian involvement in the recent wars in the Afghanistan and Iraq.SF: War Against Terrorism not only mentions the Australian SASR, 4RAR (Cdo) and loggies, it also features plenty of high-quality pictures snapped by Australian Army PR photographers.The book covers each country who provided troops, and gives detailed pics of their kit and uniforms - and action pics. It's a delight for military train-spotters and not bad reference material.I can't speak for the US facts - but surely the facts used would have been obtained via official channels.As for facial obscurity - if your photographers take full-face shots and your department allows them to be released - and they're in the public arena, you can hardly blame the author.Nice work Mr Micheletti, look forward to the next book.