The Sixteen : One Step Beyond (Signed)

340pp. Lightly illustrated with photographic images. Signed by the author, John Urwin on the title page. As new condition throughout. recounts his experiences as a member of an elite Special Forces group operating in the Middle East during the 1950s, his time doing National Service, and subsequent involvement with espionage, his time as a stock car racers and involvement with survival and unarmed combat training. A member of the Sixteenan elite, ultra-secret group of handpicked men who were charged with carrying out assassinations in the Middle East and Eastern Europe during the Cold WarJohn Urwin has decided to break the code of silence and speak for the first time about his covert unit. Urwin reveals how he was trained in the use of extraordinary weapons and military techniques that were not made available to other soldiers.