USA – Hand-to-Hand Fighting Book “Get Tough” – by Capt W.E. Fairbairn Sykes – dagger/knife combat – complete with dust cover – 1943

VERY RARE book ''Get Tough'', Hand-to-hand fighting, as taught to the British Commandos by Major W.E, Fairbairn. Extremely nice OSS-MI6 related handbook WITH original rare dustcover which is very often missing - in used but nice condition, please look at the photo's carefully for an important own impression. This is a rare 1943 edition in nice condition, see photo's. Fairbairn was a British Royal Marine officer. He developed hand-to-hand combat methods for the allied special forces during World War II. He developed innovative pistol shooting and fighting techniques and the development of the Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife.During WW2, he was recruited by the British Secret Service as an Army officer. Together with fellow close-combat instructor Sykes, Fairbairn was commissioned on the General List in 1941. He trained British, American and Canadian Commando and No. 2 Dutch Troop 10th Inter-Allied Commando forces, along with Ranger candidates in close-combat, pistol-shooting and knife-fighting techniques.