Special Operations Forces from the Great Game to the SAS.
The Jewel Game was a memory technique taught to British agents in India as they prepared to take on their Imperial Russian adversaries in central Asia, fighting the secret war that became known as the Great Game. A century later, the Jewel Game is used in the training of British special forces as they prepare for operations against the Provisional IRA.
In 'Secret Warfare', Adrian Weale shows the clear, evolutionary path from the exploits of Burnes, Connolly and Younghusband to the daring actions of the SAS, the US Green Berets and other contemporary elites in the Gulf War, the Falklands and Vietnam. Weale examines the record of special forces in war and peace, explaining what they do, why they do it and whether they are effective.
