SAS
Rogue Heroes: The authorized wartime history from the Sunday Times bestselling author
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4.6 • 282 Ratings
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Publisher Description
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER! ANYONE WHO WATCHED THE BBC SERIES WILL LOVE THIS GIFT!
THE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT BBC SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES, STARRING CONNOR SWINDELLS, JACK O'CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN AND DOMINIC WEST
'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail
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In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, has a vision for a new kind of war: attacking the enemy where they least expect it - from behind their own lines.
Despite the intense opposition of many in British High Command, Winston Churchill personally gives Stirling permission to recruit the toughest, brightest and most ruthless soldiers he can find. And so begins the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world: the SAS.
With unprecedented access to the SAS secret files, unseen footage and exclusive interviews with its founder members, SAS: Rogue Heroes tells the remarkable story behind an extraordinary fighting force, and the immense cost of making it a reality.
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'Thorough and highly entertaining. It would be nigh on impossible to praise it too highly' Daily Express
'Impeccably researched, superbly told - by far the best book on the SAS in World War II' Antony Beevor
'Told with deceptive brilliance . . . one the finest books of its kind' Evening Standard
Sunday Times bestseller, February 2023
Customer Reviews
The birth of modern and effective military secret operations
In life truth can be stranger than fiction in its course and sometimes violence and those involved are men and sometimes women far removed from being ordinary in the sense of the word and now as in the past these individuals take on tasks which at the end of the day keep us safe and are truly heroic individuals with no concern of their own safety in pursuit of standing against those who wish us harm and this book and all those mentioned should never be forgotten and thanked.
Dyfed Rowlands 75 ww2
Fantastic book brilliant read
Heavy going
The BBC series is far better. The book has too much reference and facts to absorb and takes away from the action. Not for me