The Perfect Soldier: Special Operations, Commandos, and the Future of U.S. Warfare

By James F. Dunnigan

Book Overview

In this authoritative, in-depth account, military author and historian James F. Dunnigan uncovers the fascinating evolution of the world's deadliest warriors, from skilled prehistoric hunters, through Stoss Truppen', British SAS, Russia's Spetnaz, the Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrols of the Vietnam War, antiterrorism commandos, SWAT teams, and the commando wars of Afghanistan and Iraq. With brilliant analysis and gripping descriptions, Dunnigan explores the minds, methods and decisive battles of elite forces. This inside look shows the way warfare has changed forever.'

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806524162
• ISBN13: 9780806524160
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Citadel Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

JFD again delivers "approachable" military history & info

No work on a subject this involved can possibly be all things to all people. That is not James F. Dunnigan's goal with this book...or any other book he has ever written. The excellence of this book is its capacity for exhibiting military data in contexts that the average reader can understand. Nearly all of Dunnigan's writing is pursued with this goal. To demand that one must have "lived" a military background in order to write about it accurately and compellingly can be argued in another forum. This book delivers what it sets forth to achieve, doing so in a way that readers who do not have exhaustive military backgrounds will both appreciate and comprehend.