The latest entry in Parker's series on the British military (Gurkhas, SBS, Paras) follows his standard format: details on the founding of the unit(s), heavy reliance on interviews or other written accounts, and continual references to events detailed in his other books. Commandos is a good book--don't get me wrong--but Parker's focus here is primarily on the Army Commando units of the Second World War. He does not devote as much ink to their Royal Marine Commando counterparts. Though the Marine Commandos were the only ones to survive World War Two, Parker whisks through post World War II Commando history at a very brisk pace. His discussion of the Korean War focuses more on a Marine Commando POW who stayed behind and went to China. I would have preferred more details of the Royal Marine operations in Korea. Parker devotes little attention to modern-day (ie, 1999 or 2000) Royal Marine Commandos. Parker discusses the World War Two controversy amongst the Army when Marine Commandos were formed. Judging from his book, I can tell what side of the argument he takes.