
SAS Insider
An elite SAS fighter on life in Australia's toughest and most secretive combat unit
Hachette Australia (Publisher)
Published on 28. July 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-7336-3459-8 (ISBN)
Description
Clint Palmer has spent much of his adult life in the SAS and has fought in this elite military unit as it developed from its fledgling beginnings into the highly trained, specialised fighting force it is today. He is an insider with the long view and this is his unique story of life in the SAS.
As a bush kid in the Northern Territory of Australia, growing up in a one-dog mining town, Palmer's best friends were mostly Aboriginal kids, and the outside world barely existed. But he always had one driving ambition - the army. Enduring the toughest of tough training, Palmer soon demonstrated his fighting capabilities and became part of the Australian SAS. So began almost thirty years of service.
We go with him to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he is at the heart of some of the worst fighting in Operation Anaconda in the Shahi-Kot Valley in 2002. He lets us in on what it's like to have made well over a thousand parachute jumps, many of them in terrible conditions and into treacherous terrain which may have ended not just his career but his life. And he shares with us how this adrenalin fuelled world has become a lifelong commitment.
Palmer is the man who knows the regiment almost better than anyone, so SAS INSIDER really is the inside story of the SAS - and a gripping account of one Australian soldier's life at the sharp end.
Now part of the HACHETTE MILITARY COLLECTION.
As a bush kid in the Northern Territory of Australia, growing up in a one-dog mining town, Palmer's best friends were mostly Aboriginal kids, and the outside world barely existed. But he always had one driving ambition - the army. Enduring the toughest of tough training, Palmer soon demonstrated his fighting capabilities and became part of the Australian SAS. So began almost thirty years of service.
We go with him to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he is at the heart of some of the worst fighting in Operation Anaconda in the Shahi-Kot Valley in 2002. He lets us in on what it's like to have made well over a thousand parachute jumps, many of them in terrible conditions and into treacherous terrain which may have ended not just his career but his life. And he shares with us how this adrenalin fuelled world has become a lifelong commitment.
Palmer is the man who knows the regiment almost better than anyone, so SAS INSIDER really is the inside story of the SAS - and a gripping account of one Australian soldier's life at the sharp end.
Now part of the HACHETTE MILITARY COLLECTION.
Reviews / Votes
'[A] macho memoir of a special-forces badass' * Kirkus Reviews, USA on SNIPER ELITE/SAS SNIPER * 'A chilling glimpse of the hazards encountered by SAS troops.' * Daily Telegraph on SAS SNIPER * 'A rare beast in this genre, this is an honest, insider's account of the dark arts of sniping and special forces.' * Herald Sun on SAS SNIPER * a high tempo ride * Australian Defence Magazine * Giveaway * Mouths of Mums * Included in Father's Day Gift Guide * Home Heaven * Best books for Dad - Dymocks * Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Post *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Weight
41 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7336-3459-8 (9780733634598)
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Robert Macklin | Clint Palmer
SAS Insider
An elite SAS fighter on life in Australia's toughest and most secretive combat unit
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Hachette Australia
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Persons
Robert Macklin was born in Queensland and educated at University of Queensland and the Australian National University. He has worked as a journalist at the COURIER-MAIL, THE AGE and THE BULLETIN, and was associate editor of the CANBERRA TIMES until 2003.
Robert is the author of 29 books, including DARK PARADISE, HAMILTON HUME and four works focusing on the SAS and Australia's Special Forces: SAS SNIPER, REDBACK ONE, SAS INSIDER and WARRIOR ELITE. He lives in Canberra.
Robert is the author of 29 books, including DARK PARADISE, HAMILTON HUME and four works focusing on the SAS and Australia's Special Forces: SAS SNIPER, REDBACK ONE, SAS INSIDER and WARRIOR ELITE. He lives in Canberra.