S.B.S: The Inside Story of the Special Boat Service [SBS].
by Parker, John
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0753712970
- ISBN 13
- 9780753712979
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About This Item
London: Bounty Books, 2005. 2nd, new ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pictorial cover, black & white photos, maps, edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear. 350 pp. Second edition. The S.B.S [SBS, Special Boat Service] - the British commando unit - has been prominent in dramatic operations in many of the world's trouble spots: World War 2, then the Korean War, Borneo confrontation with Indonesia, Falkland Islands, and recently. the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, and the Coalition invasion of Iraq. John Parker brings the story up-to-date with gripping accounts of these recent engagements and substantial additional material on previous operations. The author is a British investigative journalist. (This copy: Bounty Books, 2005, jacket photo of a submarine.).
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25453
- Title
- S.B.S: The Inside Story of the Special Boat Service [SBS].
- Author
- Parker, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 2nd, new ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0753712970
- ISBN 13
- 9780753712979
- Publisher
- Bounty Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- military, special forces, commandos, maritime, britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- MILITARY & ESPIONAGE;
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Bookhome Sydney
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