Book recommendation

["Robert J. Hansen" <rjhansen@xxxxxxxx>]

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Take a look at the book _No Heroes_, by Danny Coulson and Elaine Shannon.  
Coulson was the founder of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team, the 
law-enforcement equivalent of Delta or the SAS.

There's very little gunplay in the book.  Coulson mentions several times 
that FBI HRT's motto, Servare Vitas ("To Save Lives"), applies to 
criminals just as much as the law-abiding.  In a 31-year career, he didn't 
fire a single round in the line of duty.  Impressive achievement.

Where it really stands out is in the non-tactical details.  He talks a 
lot--a surprising lot--about the support personnel behind HRT; the 
surveillance geeks, the FBI behavioral-science guys, the people who 
somehow are able to assemble a perfectly good command post out of two 
orange crates, a manual typewriter and a field radio, the people who can 
scrounge up 400 Big Macs and fries on an hour's notice to feed an 
extremely large detachment of troops.

Take a look.  It's worth reading if only as an antidote to McNabb and 
Marcinko, both of whom seem to focus more on whether a gun is a 9mm or a 
.45 than on more interesting details like logistical support and 
infrastructure.
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