{"product_id":"x-platoon-steve-heaney-9781409148500","title":"X Platoon","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor three decades one of the most secretive units in the British military has been a mystery force known as X Platoon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOfficially there was no X Platoon. The forty men in its elite number were specially selected from across the Armed Forces, at which point they simply ceased to exist. X Platoon had no budget, no weaponry, no vehicles and no kit - apart from what its men could beg, borrow or steal from other military units. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the first time a highly decorated veteran of this specialised force - otherwise known as the Pathfinders - reveals its unique story. Steve Heaney became one of the youngest ever to pass Selection, the gruelling trial of elite forces, and was at the cutting edge of X Platoon operations - serving on anti-narcotics operations in the Central American jungles, on missions hunting war criminals in the Balkans, and being sent to spy on and wage war against the Russians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first non-officer in the unit's history to be award the Military Cross, Steve Heaney reveals the extraordinary work undertaken by this secret band of brothers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Heaney, Damien Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1409148505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781409148500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Steve Heaney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44129340621055,"sku":"9781409148500","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dddd8015-1aee-48db-9a7d-99530f3cf146.jpg?v=1687463364","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/x-platoon-steve-heaney-9781409148500","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}