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Rogue heroes : the history of the SAS, Britain's secret special forces unit that sabotaged the Nazis and changed the nature of war  Cover Image Book Book

Rogue heroes : the history of the SAS, Britain's secret special forces unit that sabotaged the Nazis and changed the nature of war / Ben Macinytre.

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  • ISBN: 9781101904169 : HRD
  • ISBN: 110190416X : HRD
  • Physical Description: xvi, 380 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Crown, [2016]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibiliographical references (pages [363]-364) and index.
Summary, etc.:
Presents the story of one of World War II's most significant secret military units, citing the contributions of David Stirling and fellow strategist Jock Lewes and how they established a legacy that changed the nature of combat.
Subject: Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Commando operations > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > Great Britain.
Special forces (Military science) > Great Britain > History > 20th century.

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Rogue Heroes : The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
Rogue Heroes : The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
by Macintyre, Ben
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Rogue Heroes : The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War


The incredible untold story of WWII's greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern master of wartime intrigue Britain's Special Air Service--or SAS--was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat whose aimlessness in early life belied a remarkable strategic mind. Where most of his colleagues looked at a battlefield map of World War II's African theater and saw a protracted struggle with Rommel's desert forces, Stirling saw an opportunity: given a small number of elite, well-trained men, he could parachute behind enemy lines and sabotage their airplanes and war material. Paired with his constitutional opposite, the disciplined martinet Jock Lewes, Stirling assembled a revolutionary fighting force that would upend not just the balance of the war, but the nature of combat itself. He faced no little resistance from those who found his tactics ungentlemanly or beyond the pale, but in the SAS's remarkable exploits facing the Nazis in the Africa and then on the Continent can be found the seeds of nearly all special forces units that would follow. Bringing his keen eye for psychological detail to a riveting wartime narrative, Ben Macintyre uses his unprecedented access to SAS archives to shine a light inside a legendary unit long shrouded in secrecy. The result is not just a tremendous war story, but a fascinating group portrait of men of whom history and country asked the most.

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