Immediate Action
by Andy McNab
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Author: Andy McNabEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-08-16
ISBN: 0440222451
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Dell
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Summary: 5 Stars
After hearing about "Bravo Two Zero" and increasing interest in the SAS, I decided to get a McNab book. I would encourage new McNab readers to read "Immediate Action" action, as it details his youth, how he got into the SAS, and so on up until present. One of the things you may notice, as I did, was that McNab doesn't write like other English authors. Instead, his narrative is very street-wise, and it takes a while to get used to it. Sometimes I was lost reading, because there wasn't enough of an explanation in standard English to translate his jargon. Other than that, the book is a great read.
McNab tells how he rose from his humble beginnings and joined the Green Jackets, a regular infantry unit. In hindsight, it seems like if he hadn't joined the army, he would've probably ended up at working at a factory or some other dead end job. Whether it was fate or luck, he is where he is today. While in the GJs, he recounts his brush with death fighting the IRA. When he entered Selection for the SAS, he details the misery and hardships a candidate had to endure and the fact that several men have died during SAS training, because it involves long humps (hikes in other words) with at least 50 kg in a bergen, or backpack alone traveling in the wild. Selection phase is just that, it tests the mental and physical capabilities of potential SAS recruits. Those who make it go on to further their training and eventually become SAS operators. There were several intense SAS stories in McNab's career, and his accounts of all the things he's done around the world to fight terrorism is gripping. The American military has been exposed to unconventional warfare on an open scale just recently, but Britain has had to deal with it for a long time. It is also interesting to note that operators in the SAS or regular soldiers in Britain don't have that elitist attitude nor do they take themselves too seriously as compared to American special operations personnel. It is a job for them and they don't make a big deal out of it. Again, a great read into the lives and minds of those "Who Dares Wins".
Summary of Immediate Action
He is one of the most highly decorated soldiers alive. He is also the first to break the code of silence about the most elite fighting force in the world. What Andy McNab has to say is so explosive that the British government tried to stop him.A street fighter, a hard case, and a flawless soldier, Andy McNab became one of the elite fighting men in "the Regiment"--Britain's covert SAS. His actions behind the lines in the Gulf War made him a hero. But the full story of his life and his amazing career in Special Forces has remained a secret...until now.
In harrowing detail, McNab takes us inside the Regiment, chronicling nine years of covert operations on five continents. Plunging us into a world of surveillance, counterintelligence, and hostage rescue, he takes us behind the scenes on some of their top secret missions. For the first time, he reveals the shocking details of their training--physically severe, mentally grueling, and sometimes deadly. And he dares to expose some of their highly confidential codes and rules--including the one that sanctions murder.
This is the story of the fighting men of the SAS. Here is how they live. And here is how they die...
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