Warrior Elite
On sale
27th June 2019
Price: £9.99
WARRIOR ELITE is a unique and compelling account of Australia’s special forces and intelligence operations – ranging from the early special forces of World War II to the establishment and development of the SAS and Commando Regiments as the elite fighters of today, and from the Australian Security Intelligence Service to the Australian Signals Directorate and ASIO. It is an authoritative, gripping and thoroughly up-to-date account of both the history and current state of our special forces and intelligence bodies – and gives a unique glimpse into the warfare of the future. Our future.
ROBERT MACKLIN has conducted dozens of exclusive interviews and uncovered incredible, daring and sometimes heartbreaking stories of the elite troops that guard our nation and engage in secret operations around the world. He has had significant cooperation from numerous sources within the special forces and the various intelligence agencies.
Both thoroughly researched and colourfully written, WARRIOR ELITE will attract the reader of action memoirs as well as those interested in broader military history and espionage.
ROBERT MACKLIN has conducted dozens of exclusive interviews and uncovered incredible, daring and sometimes heartbreaking stories of the elite troops that guard our nation and engage in secret operations around the world. He has had significant cooperation from numerous sources within the special forces and the various intelligence agencies.
Both thoroughly researched and colourfully written, WARRIOR ELITE will attract the reader of action memoirs as well as those interested in broader military history and espionage.
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Reviews
Author Robert Macklin... has crafted, over two years, an empathetic, well-connected overview of our Special Force's travails and triumphs...'
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It is an authoritative, gripping and thoroughly up-to-date account of both the history and current state of our special forces and intelligence bodies-and gives a unique glimpse into the warfare of the future.
Both thoroughly researched and colourfully written, Warrior Elite will attract the reader of action memoirs as well as those interested in broader military history and espionage.
lively and engaging ... a fascinating alternative history of Australia's last 70 years.
This book is the broadest history of Australian Special Operations that has ever been published and, as such, it draws a line in the sand for histories to come.
very readable, often absorbing writing
This is an important Australian book and deserves to be read widely
Robert Macklin has written an engaging history of the development, growth and evolution of the SAS