No Mean Soldier: The Story of the Ultimate Professional Soldier in the SAS and Other Forces (Cassell Military History)

About this book

Absolutely incredible and brutally honest this amazing story recounts the adventures of a British SAS soldier turned mercenary. McAleese fought in some of the worlds most dangerous places from Aden to Rhodesia (against the guerrillas of Zanla) and he nearly lost his life trying to assassinate Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar. Always in search of the "intense high" of battle for 25 years he saw almost constant combat...putting him in a unique position to reveal the harsh realities of modern warfare.