The quintessential professional--- prepared to die for his country, but not trained to ... this is the elite `Recce' soldier<BR><BR>This book has been some 15 years in the making and can claim, with some justification, to be the definitive publication on the `Recces', unlikely to be topped for many, many years. The South African Special Forces have invariably been portrayed as a sinister force, used in covert operations locally and abroad but this is pure political expediency and media propaganda. The unit's operators are humble soldiers, whose primary role is intelligence-gathering, although they will take offensive action, ruthlessly, if necessary. Highly trained professionals in a class of their own, these elite troops have garnered for themselves an international reputation par excellence.