AFTER 10 YEARS IN THE ARMY AND 8 YEARS AS A CIVILIAN FOLLOWING THAT, THE SVD STILL FIRES MY IMAGINATION. IN BASIC TRAINING AND BEYOND, WE STUDIED THE WEAPONS AND TACTICS OF FRIEND AND FOE ALIKE. WHILE CERTAIN WEAPONS AND SYSTEMS WERE DRILLED INTO US, THE SVD WAS GLOSSED OVER WITH A SCANT LISTING OF IT'S SPECS. HERE AT LAST IS A BOOK DEVOTED THAT MYSTERIOUS SOVIET SNIPER RIFLE THAT WE (O.K., MAYBE JUST ME) ALL HAVE YEARNED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT. IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU'RE IN HEAVEN. IF YOU'RE NOT, I'M SURE THERE ARE PLENTY OF M-16/AK-47 BOOKS OUT THERE FOR YOU. JUST PLEASE LEAVE THIS ONE FOR ME.