Combat
by Cacutt, Len
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very good/Good
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About This Item
London: Guild Publishing, 1989. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good/Good. 188 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Index. DJ has some wear, soiling, and small tear. Inscription on title page signed by Lionel Balasuriya, near is address label pasted on title page. From 22 March 1991 - 21 August 2007 Lionel Balasuriya worked as a Director in Kenworth Corporation (U.K.) Limited. Len Cacutt was an editor of the magazine War Monthly, He spent five years during World War II as a Royal Air Force pilot. Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, RWP, RSP, psc, GR (born 20 June 1949) is a retired officer of the Sri Lanka Army, a former Secretary to Ministry of Defence and Urban Development of Sri Lanka. After serving through the early parts of the country's civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels, he retired from the army in 1992 and emigrated to the US. W ith the election of his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa as President of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa was appointed Defence Secretary in November 2005. As Defence Secretary, Rajapaksa played a key role towards the successes achieved by the Sri Lankan Military in defeating the Tamil Tigers and ending Sri Lanka's 26-year-long civil war. Investigations on assassinations, abductions and assaults on journalist revealed that Gotabhaya directed a death squad to attack journalists that was outside the Army command structure during this time 17 journalists and media workers were killed and others were either assaulted or abducted. This work addressed armed and unarmed combat skills from the Official Training Manuals of the World's elite military corps.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73108
- Title
- Combat
- Author
- Cacutt, Len
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Guild Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Aircraft, Anti-tank, Camouflage, Helicopters, Patrols, High Altitude Low Opening, Sniper, Marksmanship, Urban Combat, Weapons, Special Forces. Internal Security, Mechanized Infantry, Eagle Patrol, Joint Operations, Landing Zone, Raids, Ambushes, Sear
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