{"product_id":"9781409148500-secondhand-x-platoon","title":"X Platoon","description":"For three decades one of the most secretive units in the British military has been a mystery force known as X Platoon. Officially 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. For 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. The 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.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51098963083483,"sku":"9781409148500-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8fed0c52-90e6-4949-8b22-7d6513dc67ac.jpg?v=1794404449","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781409148500-secondhand-x-platoon","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}