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Fighting the War on Terror: Global Counter-Terrorist Units and their Actions Hardcover – December 1, 2018

by Judith Grohmann (Author)
3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
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SWAT teams, GSG9, EKO Cobra, SCO 19 – these elite police units are used to dealing with dangerous situations, particularly in the fight against global terrorism. European political-economic journalist and author, Judith Grohmann, is the first outsider to be given access into the world of specialist counter-terrorism units in 16 countries around the globe, including the USA, Russia, Israel, the UK, and many more. Whether performing hostage rescues, subduing barricaded suspects, engaging with heavily-armed criminals or taking part in counter-terrorism operations, her interviews with the men and women concerned explain what their work really involves, their most dangerous missions, and the physical and mental training required for them to perform these high-risk operations, which fall outside the abilities of regular police officers.

A truly intimate insight into a closed world.
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  1. Print length
    200 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Pen and Sword Military
  4. Publication date
    December 1, 2018
  5. Dimensions
    6.4 x 1 x 9.3 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1526727455
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1526727459
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About the Author

Judith Grohmann was born in Vienna and grew up speaking three different languages. An alumni of the Lycée Français de Vienne, she graduated from the University of Vienna after majoring in Political Science, Journalism and Japanese with a Master´s degree.

Judith is a passionate and committed writer, even writing her first newspaper for her school friends at the age of 11\. After being appointed managing editor at the Austrian political magazine, 'Profil', she continued to work as an investigative journalist before moving to the newspaper industry and has worked for a multitude of newspapers and magazines across Europe, including 'Le Monde diplomatique', 'Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung', the Swiss Manager magazine 'Bilan' as well as architectural, industrial and political magazines. She became an author in 2005, but also lectures at the Department for Business Law and European Integration at Danube University Krems. Judith lives in Vienna, but is often seen between Paris, London and the South of France.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen and Sword Military (December 1, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1526727455
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1526727459
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1 x 9.3 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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Str8fwd08
1.0 out of 5 stars Makes great kindling
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2018
Painful to try to finish, so I didn’t. It’s like a book that badly summarizes Wikipedia pages.
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Lars Gyllenhaal
4.0 out of 5 stars Counter-terrorist units from 16 nations
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2019
The main focus of this book is some of the major actions of counter-terrorist (CT) units from the UK, Germany, France, Israel, Austria and eleven more states. There is also an interesting part about the European police tactical unit network called ATLAS, that has evolved since 2001, i.e. after the September 11 attacks. Interestingly, the UK focus of the book is the Specialist Firearms Command, SCO19. The main Israeli unit featured is Yamam. The Russian chapter, focused on SOBR, is of little interest and there is only one SOBR photo. The chapters about CT units in smaller states provide more valuable information.
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Alfie
1.0 out of 5 stars Incorrect information and fictitious depictions of events.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2019
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Don’t waste your time.

This book is merely a terrible lifting of information from Wikipedia (a much better reading experience) with the addition of some random fiction and blatantly false information.

The images aren’t special and are nothing you can’t find on your own.

Additionally, the author has apparently decided to use a thesaurus for every sentence in order to mask the obvious made up nonsense.

There are much better alternatives for in-depth information on all of the featured units without any of the additional drivel that far outshine this rubbish.

Overall, if you asked me to give one reason to read this book - I couldn’t. Sorry.
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EX LEO
2.0 out of 5 stars Lost in Translation?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 17, 2019
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Anybody buying this book on the basis of its title is likely to be disappointed. It was originally published in Germany with a title that roughly translates as, “In Secret Mission - The Experience of Police Special Forces in the Fight against Crime and Terror”. The original title is not as catchy as the English title, but far more accurate. The book is essentially a whistle stop tour of some specialist police units in Europe, the Middle East and the USA and various situations, both crime and terror related, that they have dealt with in recent years. Some of the chapters are quite detailed, but others are very superficial and many renowned specialist police units from these areas and other parts of the world are not represented. This may be due to the reluctance of some special units to reveal too much, if anything, about their structure or inner workings and therefore beyond the control of the author.
Anybody buying this book, despite the comments made above, will be further disappointed when they come to read it! I personally found it a difficult book to read, despite my interest in the subject. Originally, I thought that the book was badly written. However, the more I read, the more I realised that the lack of correct English syntax, poor punctuation and curious choice of vocabulary in numerous places (e.g. ‘dazzle grenades’ instead of ‘stun grenades’) was probably the result of literal translation of the original German into English. Not being able to read German, it is difficult for me to comment on the fluency of the author’s writing style in her native language or what her intended meaning was.
In addition, the use of dialogue, attributed to some of the people in the book, was often clichéd and gave the narrative the feel of a crime novel rather than a factual account. In places, this dialogue was almost comical. For example, in forty years in the police, I never once heard anybody address a colleague or a suspect as ‘old man’! Maybe this also was the result of poor translation.
Having read the book all the way through, I believe that it was written as an honest and sincere attempt to depict the work of specialist police units for whom the author clearly has a great deal of respect and admiration. Unfortunately, the English edition of the book does not adequately reflect this.
Despite the fact that I found it difficult read, I persevered. In doing so I discovered that the situations described by the author highlighted some important points about police special units. Firstly, that they are not the solution to every situation and should not be viewed as such. Secondly, when they are deployed, ‘dynamic entry’ should not be the inevitable outcome and that subtler options are available and preferable. Finally, the truth of the tactical dictum – that no plan survives contact with the enemy – and the need for contingency planning and flexibility. Sadly, I fear that these points will be ‘lost in translation’.
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