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Peter mcaleese born 7 september 1942 is a former british paratrooper, sas regiment soldier, south african sergeantmajor, rhodesian sas soldier, mercenarycontractsoldier and author. Book overview an allembracing casebook of military skills drawing peter mcaleesee vast soldiering experience. Mcaleese begins by talking about his early life and some of the military exploits of his father and grandfather as well as his fathers similarly rowdy behavior. This manual is a good primer on small unit tactics by the hardcore combat vet peter mcaleese.
John mcaleese, who died on august 26 aged 61, led the sas team that ended the iranian embassy siege in central london in 1980, an event watched live on television by millions of spellbound viewers. These are just two of the contributions featured in beyond no mean soldier. John thomas mac mcaleese, mm 25 april 1949 26 august 2011 was a scottish soldier who took part in several late 20th century conflicts with the british armys royal engineers and the special air service regiment, including the storming of the iranian embassy in london during a hostage taking siege incident in may 1980. This book is the recollections of peter mcaleese and make for a good book.
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