Special Forces:

The Ultimate Guide To Survival

How to fight your way out of any military disaster

 

 

About This Book:

Warning: This book is not intended for

readers of a "sensitive" disposition

This is not a book about eating bugs and mushrooms. There are plenty of those books around if you want to become a boy scout. If you are, or want to be, a soldier – particularly a Special Forces soldier – then this is the book you need. It is about survival in rough conditions – when you have been taken hostage or prisoner of war; when you have crawled out of a downed helicopter behind enemy lines and the enemy are coming for you; or when your mates have been killed in a fire-fight in bandit country. 

This ultimate survival guide is for those who choose to go into harm’s way. Soldiers, undercover operatives, security services and even those backpacking or exporting goods into some parts of the world could find themselves in serious trouble. In this book, you will learn how to: avoid being killed or captured when things go wrong; escape if you are caught; steal food; steal cars, boats and ‘planes; find your way home and fight to kill in the dirtiest ways you can imagine. 

The scenarios detailed in this book include how to:

• Escape when your chopper comes down and the enemy are closing in

• Escape when an ambush has killed all your mates

• Escape from a POW camp or third-world prison

• Escape from a hostage situation

• Escape from a mob when they want to hang you from a lamp-post 

Some of what you will read in this book will shock you – it is about how to survive in the real world where power comes from the barrel of a gun. There are no prizes for making staying alive hard work – if someone is after you, and it’s you or them going to die, let it be them. 

 

Video Extracts:

Dealing with a hostage situation

 

Dealing with a mob

 

Text Extract:

When they try to take you off the street…. 
‘If anything is put over your mouth, it is likely to be chloroform or a similar drug to put you out. You have until you need to breathe to do something about this. Though it sounds a little sudden, we are not training your grandmother here – we expect readiness and reaction on your part. If someone grabs you from behind, slouch down, then head-butt with the back of your head and stamp on their instep. Turn and strike with your fist to the jaw, knife to the belly or draw and fire….’

 

When you have killed or broken contact with your pursuers…. 
‘If the last few minutes have been a little hairy you need to let the adrenalin subside and think clearly before you do anything else. Better to start moving in the right direction in a few minutes than have to turn around later after wasting time and energy. Try to sit down, take a smoke or brew up if you are well enough organised to have the necessary with you and not obviously pressed to keep going. Though it is pleasant and comfortable to have all the fancy gear, do remember that the most important things you need to get you home are a cool head and determination. You can steal everything else.’

 

When you are exhausted, injured or hiding from aircraft during the day…. 
‘When you want to take shelter, get off the track and out of sight. Dog-leg back on your own track to take up an ambush position on pursuers if the ground allows. The place you should pick to take a rest needs to be a hide more than it needs to be a hotel. If it is hot, you need shelter from the sun as you will probably be lying down during the day to save water. In a cold climate it is more the wind than the cold that cools you down, so you need to think first about getting out of the wind, then the snow, rain or whatever. Very often you cannot help but remain wet but you must get out of that wind or it will kill you.’

 

 

 

Reader Testimonials:

R J Spink
As an former Royal Marine instructor I can safely say that there is something for everyone in Robert Stirling's informative book, from green squaddy to experienced old sweat. If you have a dear one going into harm's way then this is the perfect gift that could save their life. A lifesaver for under a tenner......priceless!

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A Marques
I'm reading this book for the second time because it's fun and seriously useful addition to my training. Each chapter and section is written clearly and with real world experience/ context behind it. The level of detail is enough to convey what you need to increase your chances of survival on deployment.

Robert Stirling has a seriously wicked sense of humour that interlaces a serious message throughout the book. The anecdotal accounts of Robert's experience reveal a serious and highly world experienced Special Forces operator that gives you the confidence about the content in this book.

I've made this book part of my training for deployment next year. I'll be moving around in helicopters a lot of the time and patrolling on the ground. I'm certainly paying very close attention to the lessons and advice in this book.

Even if you're not in the Armed forces, this book gives a very interesting account of serious experiences and lessons learned occasionally put into a humorous perspective that will have you smiling while your learn! Every chapter will have your attention. I'd thoroughly recommend this book.

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R Maunder
A great book, very easy to read and very easy to understand.

The book is not about foraging for food, its about how to survive when someone wants you dead. Just like it says on the cover, not for sensitive souls.

All the techniques in the book are to the point and easy to understand.

If you are thinking of joining the armed forces, this is definitely worth reading.

My copy will be coming with me throughout my army career.
Although its highly likely that I will never get into any of those situations with the job I have chosen; I know I will never have to say "If only I'd read that book by Robert Stirling".

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Neill Thomson
As an ex soldier I found this a great book, full of useful hints although, as stated by the author, it is written mainly for professionals. The First Aid chapter has info which applies to everyone and even civvies may need to navigate from time to time with a map. It's not expensive, for certain people it could save lives, it's easy to read and understand and is well worth buying!

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Wes Howarth
I ordered Rob's book after hearing that I could be working in a conflict zone in the near future. Being from a military background I thought Rob's book would be a good refresher. To my surprise I learnt a lot more from Rob's book than just refreshing old knowledge.
The book covers a wide range of scenarios, with practical and usable advice that will keep you alive should the worst happen. It is obvious from the information; how it is presented Rob has first hand practical experience. This book is a good read; the information is easily accessible even to those that aren't from a military background.

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