Another manual from an author who is a specialist in the subjects of counter-terrorism and hostage rescue. This is a non-nonsense guide to a subject that is all too familiar, but little understood outside the professionals. By taking the approach of a Manual layout, the author has provided a very clear exposition of his subject with the support of photographs and drawings – Highly Recommended.
NAME: Hostage Rescue Manual FILE: R2516 AUTHOR: Leroy Thompson PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword, Frontline BINDING: soft back PAGES: 191 PRICE: £12.99 GENRE: Non Fiction SUBJECT: hostage negotiation, hostage rescue, terrorists, criminals, SAS, Prince's Gate, nuclear power plants, airlines, boats, trains, equipment, weapons, tactics, rescue units, procedures, counter- terrorist
ISBN: 1-84832-825-9
IMAGE: B2516jpg BUYNOW: http://tinyurl.com/mf95d3s LINKS: DESCRIPTION: Another manual from an author who is a specialist in the subjects of counter-terrorism and hostage rescue. This is a non- nonsense guide to a subject that is all too familiar, but little understood outside the professionals. By taking the approach of a Manual layout, the author has provided a very clear exposition of his subject with the support of photographs and drawings - Highly Recommended. The Hostage Rescue Manual provides a comprehensive guide to its subject, with examples from real events across a range of hostage scenarios. No prior knowledge of the subject is required to understand the presentation of the subject. Hostage situations are becoming very common around the world and take place in almost every vehicle and location type. Many incidents are terrorist action. Some are planned from the start to take hostages for a variety of reasons. In other cases a criminal or terrorist attack ends up with the perpetrators being contained but taking hostage those unfortunate to be at the scene. It has become so common in some countries that the British Government has decided to fund a video advising British tourists what to do in the event of a terror attack where they may be killed or taken hostage. While tourists should have a reliable source of guidance to deal with such events, it might have been more impressive if the British Government had put political correctness to one side and taken effective action to reduce the probability of incidents occurring and protecting Britons. This manual does a much better job, than the video, of informing ordinary people about the risks and the responses to deal with criminal and terrorist incidents where hostage taking is an objective or a consequence.