The Rescuers: The Worlds Top Anti-Terrorist Units

by Leroy Thompson

Provides information on the history, tactics, and weapons of the hostage rescue units of more than fifty nations, including reports on Germany's GSG-9, England's SAS and America's Delta unit

246 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1988

About the author

Leroy Thompson has trained and advised military and police special operations units around the world, focusing especially on the tactical use of firearms. He has previously had 38 books published. He has also appeared as a weapons expert on documentaries for Discovery, National Geographic and the BBC.

Leroy Thompson served in Vietnam with the U.S. Air Force and was a police officer for several years after leaving the military.

Reviews

[Christian D. D. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I first read this book back in 1988, when I was a mere 13 years old. Though the obviously a bit dated now, it’s still a highly informative and insightful look into the elite (and in a few tragic cases, not so elite) counterterrorism and hostage rescue units in the Western and non-Western world alike, tools, tactics, training, and weapons alike. To this day, I still use this book as research/reference material for my online Masters in Intelligence Studies (concentration in Terrorism Studies) program at American Military University (AMU).