SAS: My Trial By Fire: True Stories and Life Lessons from SAS Selection

<p><b>Des Powell left school with no qualifications and little in the way of formal education. At nineteen he signed up to join the Parachute Regiment.</b><br><b><br>Famously, the Paras is home to the UK military''s second-toughest training regime after the SAS.</b> Des Powell knows all about both. In fact, Des knows SAS selection better than anyone because he''s done it twice. In <i>SAS: Trial by Fire</i> he tells the story of those gruelling tests: how Para training turned him into a soldier but, more crucially, how the SAS process turned him into a member of the elite.<br><br><b>Des describes exactly what it takes to be an elite special forces operator. From raw recruit to trained fighting machine</b> - including the heart-breaking moment he was forced to withdraw, only to begin the process again - Des shares the details of his personal journey, itself a tale of prevailing against almost overwhelming odd. He teaches us valuable life skills by taking us deep into the training regime itself: fitness, navigation, endurance, weapons and combat training, survival techniques in hostile climates, the terrifying jungle phase, the dark arts of escape and evasion, the secret of surviving interrogation.<br><br><b>No one''s lifted the lid on what it takes to join the SAS and become the best of the best. Until now.</b><br><br><b>Praise for <i>Bravo Three Zero</i></b><br><b><br>''A must read. Honesty, integrity and real experience that puts you in the thick of the action.'' Billy Billingham<br><br>''The story that needed to be told'' Jason Fox<br><br>''The attention to detail is unbelievable'' Tim Lovejoy<br><br>''Thrilling'' <i>Express</i></b></p>