TY  - BOOK
AU  - RIPLEY Tim
AU  - FORD Roger
TI  - The whites of their eyes: close quarter combat
SN  - 0283062835 (hbk.)
PY  - 1997///
CY  - London
PB  - Sidgwick & Jackson
KW  - BRITISH
KW  -  INFANTRYMAN
KW  - COMBAT
KW  - MILITARY
N2  - The book includes a section on hostage-rescue, a uniquely  20th century phenomennon, in which highly trained hostage rescue units battle at close quarters to free hostages from the clutches of armed terrorists.  The 20th century has seen the development of deadly long-range weapons and overall lethality of weapons has increased substantially
ER  -