Books & more: Commando Operation

The word "Command Operation" carries a certain mystique associated with elite, success, and surprise. However, this form of "Direct Action" is the result of good planning and a professional approach: Kaj-Gunnar Sievert - who was a commando in the Swiss Army himself - provides a book that meticulously recounts four such operations: the SAS operation in London in 1982, a Swiss commando operation, an Egyptian botch with 50 dead in Malta, and the rescue of civilians by US Special Forces from Somalia. The book is not an "Easy Reading" novel-style, but a meticulous study comparing these four command operations. A thrilling, very professional book that explains procedures and analyzes real operations.

"Command Operations: Covert Access - Special Forces in Action" by Kaj-Gunnar Sievert was published in 2010 by Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn and has 206 pages. The book is available through bookstores or Amazon for €24.90.