-- An exhaustive analysis of the full range of combat techniques taught to the modern soldier in both standard and elite regiments.
-- Including 50 different combat techniques from knife fighting, using assault rifles, and booby traps to sniping, combat parachuting, and tracking.
-- Featuring real-life examples drawn from the history of military warfare.

Over the past 50 years military tactics have reached daunting levels of sophistication. The power of weaponry and surveillance technology has increased immeasurably, and so tactics have had to adapt to a battlefield in which the simplest mistakes can be catastrophic. The soldiers and officer's of today's professional armies are consequently the most tactically sophisticated combat personnel in history. The Encyclopedia of Combat Techniques reveals and explains the tactics of fighting a modern war. Its scope is exhaustive. Lavishly illustrated, The Encyclopedia of Combat Techniques is the most complete reference work on tactical procedures available today, and a thorough insight into how soldiers operate

Dr Chris McNab is a freelance writer and researcher based in South Wales, UK, who specializes in twentieth-century military history. Following a degree in Classical History and English at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth, he completed a PhD. in social and political theory at the same university, before focusing his attentions on his primary interest, military affairs. He is the author of Modern Military Uniforms and German Paratroopers of World War II, and has written articles on topics ranging from the Victoria Cross to the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War. Will Fowler has worked in journalism and publishing since 1972, specializing in military history, current affairs, and defense technology. He was Army editor of the British magazine Defence from 1983 to 1990. He has written more than 14 books covering military equipment and conflicts from the nineteenth century to Kosovo. A Territorial Army soldier for nearly 30 years, he volunteered for service in the Gulf War in 1990-91, serving with the 7th Armoured Brigade (Desert Rats) and HQ British Forces Middle East.