Brotherhood of Warriors: Behind
Enemy Lines with a Commando in
One of the Worlds Most Elite
Counterterrorism Units by Douglas
Century
A Foriegn Volunteer In Isreal!
At the age of eighteen, Aaron Cohen left Beverly Hills to prove himself in
the crucible of the armed forces. He was determined to be a part of Israels
most elite security cadre, akin to the American Green Berets and Navy
SEALs. After fifteen months of grueling training designed to break down
each individual man and to rebuild him as a warrior, Cohen was offered the
only post a non-Israeli can hold in the special forces. In 1996 he joined a
top-secret, highly controversial unit that dispatches operatives disguised as
Arabs into the Palestinian-controlled West Bank to abduct terrorist leaders
and bring them to Israel for interrogation and trial.

Between 1996 and 1998, Aaron Cohen would learn Hebrew and Arabic;
become an expert in urban counterterror warfare, the martial art of Krav
Maga, and undercover operations; and participate in dozens of life-or-
death missions. He would infiltrate a Hamas wedding to seize a wanted
terrorist and pose as an American journalist to set a trap for one of the
financiers behind the Dizengoff Massacre, taking him down in a brutal,
hand-to-hand struggle. A propulsive, gripping read, Cohens story is a rare,
fly-on-the-wall view into the shadowy world of black ops that redefines
invincible strength, true danger, and inviolable security.
Personal Review: Brotherhood of Warriors: Behind Enemy
Lines with a Commando in One of the Worlds Most Elite
Counterterrorism Units by Douglas Century
Mr. Cohen's gives us a savage tale of life as a foriegn volunteer in an
Isreali Special Operations unit.
Inspired by his readings in Isreali military history, while studying in a
Canadian military academy, Cohen was determined to volunteer. His
mother was an up and coming Hollywood writer. He could have stayed
home, and languished in the superficial glamour and luxury of Beverly
Hills. Such a lifestyle is profoundly unthinkable to men of true character.
Although only minimally proficient in Hebrew, he strove forth, going in
harm's way for a foriegn land. Cohen did not venture all that way just to
serve as a regular IDF soldier, he aspired to serve in a commando unit,
and he achieved his goal!
If you are intrigued with Isreal and its valiant military, this is an astounding
account of one man's experience in that nation's defense. I found the most
striking factor to be the Spartan training methods and standards. The
attrition factor in selection for Isreal's special operations units is
understandably high. A tiny nation, with no considerable natural barriers
against a numerically vast and implacably hostile enemy, simply must have
the best possible operators in the field.
Cohen describes brutal close-combat training sessions in Krav Maga. He
endured a curriculum of psychological/physical-conditioning sessions that
would overwhelm many Olympic athletes, ...and most regular military
personnel. He describes close-quarter combat training so thorough, that it
was not unusual for trainees to fire 5000 rounds of ammunition in a day!
Here is a narrative of SERIOUS combat-training! It makes you think of the
pathetic level of combat-training that is the standard in most military units
today. They can learn something from this.
Serving in a counter-terrorist unit, the agents learned to emulate the
enemy, for covert infiltration of Palestinian Arab communities. Naturally,

for security concerns, the author generalizes some of the information, as
pertaining to missions, locations, and certain skills and training.
All of this took place inside of a three year enlistment! Clearly, all things
considered, it is very likely that Israel possesses the most stringently
selective special-operations force in the world today.
I refuse to believe that someone who fails such a course late in the
training, is "useless" to special operations. There are naturally limited
openings for vacant positions in such units, but it still staggers the
imagination to consider the wasted resources of turning away someone
who made it very far into the training, only to fail late in the game.
Naturally, in the small units described in this book, unit cohesiveness is a
prime factor in mission success. Surely there must be a place for those
who made it through most of the training, to find another palce in a similar
unit.
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