{"product_id":"x-platoon-isbn-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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44893786865893,"sku":"NP9781409148500","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/d154a711-b92e-45d0-854b-ab02001a97eb.jpg?v=1767989248","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/x-platoon-isbn-9781409148500","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}