Stalk and Kill: The Sniper Experience

Written by the author of the acclaimed Sniper: One-on-One, Stalk and Kill: The Sniper Experience goes to the heart of what it is to be a sniper. Complementing the previous volume, this book uses new and vivid eye-witness accounts to describe the training of a sniper, how he operates and how effective he is on the battlefield.The combat sniper is given the opportunity to tell his own story: what it feels like to look down a telescopic sight and observe the face of the man he is about to kill; the ordeal of the operations conducted behind enemy lines; and the boredom and exhaustion of hours spent waiting motionless for the perfect shot.The author has researched first-hand narratives from both sides of the Atlantic. He considers the origins of military sniping during the American Revolution, and its development in the 19th century, from the wars against Napoleon through the American Civil War to British colonial campaigns. But it is in the 20th century that the sniper has proved most deadly, and attention is focused on the two world wars and the many post-45 conflicts, including Korea, Vietnam, Northern Ireland, the Lebanon, Somalia and Bosnia.