Craig Cabell has previously published four books in the genres of biography and military history. He worked as an in-house reporter for Focus - The House Journal of the Ministry of Defence for five years and has been a freelance journalist for over fifteen, working for newspapers such as The Independent. He currently lives in London. Graham Thomas is an Information Officer for the Government Information Communications Service at Media Ops in Salisbury. He is also a former reporter with Focus . His previous publications include a military history of the Korean War and a contribution to an official book on the Iraqi war produced by the British Army.