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(More customer reviews)"Recce": A Collector's Guide to the History of the South African Special Forces is a superbly researched and presented close study of the South African Special Forces, who are primarily used in intelligence gathering but sometimes applied to offensive action. Roughly 2,500 color photographs illustrate this in-depth examination of these elite troops' selection and training processes, insignia/kit/equipment, awards, memorabilia, and a thorough history of their uses and actions. A foreword by the late Lt. General F. W. Loots rounds out this absolute "must-have" for any reader interested in learning more about this extraordinary military organization.
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This book has been some 15 years in the making and can claim, with some justification, to be the definitive publication on the 'Recces', unlikely to be topped for many, many years. The South African Special Forces have invariably been portrayed as a sinister force, used in covert operations locally and abroad but this is pure political expediency and media propaganda. The unit's operators are shy, humble soldiers, whose primary role is intelligence gathering, although they will take offensive action, ruthlessly, if necessary. Highly trained professionals in a class of their own, these elite troops have garnered for themselves an international reputation par excellence.
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