A detailed and authentic history of the Royal Marines Commandos as analysed by an ex-member of 45 Commando, RM. The story of one of the world's elite fighting forces is told through the words of the commandos themselves from the bloody beach landings of Dieppe in 1942 to the yomp into Port Stanley forty years later 'By Sea And Land' also describes in detail less well known conflicts that were equally important to the history of the twentieth century - including the civil war in Aden, the Suez crisis, the division of Cyprus and the fight against terrorism in Northern Ireland.
- ISBN10 0297790641
- ISBN13 9780297790648
- Publish Date 12 March 1987
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 July 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 312
- Language English