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The Operators

On the Streets with Britain's Most Secret Service

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Few outside the security services have heard of 14 Company. As deadly as the SAS yet more secret, the operators of 14 Company are Britain's most effective weapon against international terrorism. For every bomb that goes off, 14 Company prevent 12. The selection process is the most physically, intellectually, and emotionally demanding anywhere in the world. This is the true story of one operator and of some of the most hair-raising military operations ever conducted on the streets of Britain.

©2016 James Rennie (P)2020 Pen and Sword Military Armed Forces Espionage Europe Freedom & Security Great Britain Military Military & War Politics & Government Special & Elite Forces True Crime England Thought-Provoking British Crime
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I'd hear about the det before in the various sas books I'd read and how the sas would get training with the det. this book gave me a complete and detailed insight of the covert operations the detachment sqdn 14 would run in the fight against the UKs long war with terrorists on both sides of the boarder. it's well read and occasionally hard to listen to the code words etc but you soon get used to it. I'm now going to see if the author has written any more books, I thoroughly enjoyed this !!

one of the best secret service books!

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Brilliantly written and narrated

I hung on every word and couldn’t wait to get back to it. I wish it was longer

Loved it so much

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Absolutely fascinating listening, from a side of the forces I never new existed. From start to finish, it was excellent.

Incredible story

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Narration was terrible - accents bizarre and frequently emphasis on the wrong part of words. There was a lot on the selection aspects - would have liked to have heard more of operations. Could have used an editor

Dreadful narration of an interesting history

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It’s a good book, very detailed about the training wish they’d gone into operations a bit more and the narrating could’ve been better

It’s a good book, very detailed about the training

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