Books & more: SEAL Team 6 from the inside

DEVGRU - also known by the old name SEAL Team 6 - is on everyone's lips and enjoys great popularity. It's no wonder that there are more books, more pictures, more movies about the Tier 1 operators who took down Osama Bin Laden in a spectacular commando operation. The book gives the impression that it has something to do with that, but the narrative protagonist is actually older and one of his operation highlights was in Somalia during the time of "Blackhawk Down." Therefore, it is not entirely current, but still exciting. Beyond that, it reads smoothly and relaxed and gives a certain insight into the world of the SEALs, which also has a long history. It is gratifying that such books are now being translated. This has to do with DEVGRU being on everyone's lips.

"Navy Seals Team 6: The Unit that Killed Osama bin Laden - An Elite Fighter Reveals the Secrets of His Unit" by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin, Riva Verlag, 2012, 390 pages. The book is available in bookstores or on Amazon for €19.99.