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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 272 pages, 8pp illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 26-Sep-2007
  • Leidėjas: John Blake Publishing Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1844542939
  • ISBN-13: 9781844542932
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 272 pages, 8pp illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 26-Sep-2007
  • Leidėjas: John Blake Publishing Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1844542939
  • ISBN-13: 9781844542932
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
Snipers are numbered among the most highly trained and efficient of all trained killers. They can act as lone agents or as part of a strategic military force. From the French sniper who shot Admiral Nelson from the topmast of a French frigate at the battle of Trafalgar, to Lee Harvey Oswald's devastating and unexplained assassination of John F Kennedy in 1963, they have played a crucial - and shadowy - part in our history. Now defence expert Craig Cabell, with weapons archivist, Richard Brown, peel away the mystery surrounding these most deadly of gunmen, to reveal the true nature of the sniper, from the precision strategies used in war to the terror tactics of the infamous Washington 'sniper'. This is an essential book for any military enthusiast.
Authors' Note vii
Foreword Death in Silence by Frederick Forsyth xi
Acknowledgements xv
Introduction xix
Chapter One What is a Sniper? 1
Chapter Two Saratoga - The Sharpshooter Emerges 15
Chapter Three The Death of Lord Nelson 35
Chapter Four Snipers of the Great War 47
Chapter Five All Quiet on the Western Front 55
Chapter Six Vasily Zaitsev - An Animal Instinct 61
Chapter Seven Monte Cassino - The Allied Stalingrad 79
Chapter Eight The Kennedy Kill 87
Chapter Nine Sniper Research 99
Chapter Ten The Washington Sniper? 105
Chapter Eleven Sniping in the Occupied Territories 117
Chapter Twelve A Conversation With a Sniper 131
Epilogue The Media Machine 137
Annexe A Sniper Rifles and Ammunition 143
Annexe B Non-shooting Skills and Kit 169
Annexe C Innovations in Sniper Rifles 175
Annexe D The Killer in Shadows - The Art of a Sniper 185
Annexe E The Mentality of a Sniper 187
Annexe F Counter-sniper Tactics 191
Annexe G Author Interview 199
David L. Robbins
Annexe H Choose Your Weapon 207
On the Way to Dixie – A Short Story 223
Afterword 247
Glossary of Firearms Terms 249
Further Reading 261
Photo Credits and Copyright 263


Craig Cabell is the writer of six previous books including biography and military history. For five years he was an in-house reporter with Focus - The House Journal of the Ministry of Defence. However he has been a freelance reporter for over fifteen years, working most notably for the Independent newspaper. As an officer in the Foreign Office Richard Brown worked in the field of military exports, and then continued this theme through his later career with the Ministry of Defence. He now works for a major international defence manufacturer. Snipers is Richard's first non-fiction.