The essential guide to testing and improving mental agility and resilience from the world's most elite combat units.
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erfect the skills of mental toughness and endurance used by the Special Air Service - England's equivalent of the United States Special Forces. The SAS Mental Endurance Handbook uncovers the secrets of these toughest-of-the-tough combat soldiers. It is an indispensable guide to mastering your mind whether facing the prospect of death in combat or trying to stay alive while evading pursuers. Key topics examined in the book include: the will to survive, enduring the stress of battle, recruitment and training, intelligence and concentration, building a team mind, leadership, battle tactics, detention, escape and survival, maintaining morale and effectiveness, diplomacy, and future conflicts.
The book also contains details of a number of military training programs and their means of assessing a candidate's fitness for the arduous life of a combat soldier and their strategies for overcoming factors that can wear down tolerance of stress and hardship. Illustrated throughout with more than 150 drawings that provide step-by-step guidance, The SAS Mental Endurance Handbook explains everything you need to know about just what makes a successful fighter.
The book also contains details of a number of military training programs and their means of assessing a candidate's fitness for the arduous life of a combat soldier and their strategies for overcoming factors that can wear down tolerance of stress and hardship. Illustrated throughout with more than 150 drawings that provide step-by-step guidance, The SAS Mental Endurance Handbook explains everything you need to know about just what makes a successful fighter.
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not at all what the title implies,
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This review is from: The SAS Mental Endurance Handbook (Paperback)
Potential buyers will very probably think that this book outlines a methodical training program for increasing one's mental toughness and readiness for battle or other lethal confrontations. It does no such thing. There is instead, a hodgepodge of information from military manuals about general military tactics, interspersed with a bunch of commentaries about how tough the training is for various elite military units. A serious student of military science will have seen most of this info before. I gave it two stars because a reader without any background will probably find it somewhat interesting. I haven't read any of McNab's other books, so I can't make a comparison. But if you're looking for a guide to the actual toughening process used by the SAS or any other high-speed unit, you won't find it here.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Uninformed, generalistic BS,
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This review is from: The SAS Mental Endurance Handbook (Paperback)
...The title of the book has almost nothing to do with the contents, which skip around so many different military subjects I'm not sure what the point is. He touches on each subject just long enough to list a few common-sense tips, then on to the next. I especially like the ambush diagrams which show the different ambush elements and teams firing at each other ( no - it wasn't a "how not to do it" picture). Very disappointing...
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Read the book description before buying,
This review is from: The SAS Mental Endurance Handbook (Paperback)
I come from a background of enlisted and officer Marine Corps, working in psychiatric hospitals and counseling psychology. If you are looking for a book to strengthen your mental endurance, this ISN'T the book for you. While the book talks of improving one's mental agility, it instead talks of what some military special units do for training. General and vague, and certainly lacking do-it-yourself. Possibly the book "Art of Cross Examination" and "The Tactical Edge" are more helpful titles.
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