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'Impeccably researched, superbly told - by far the best book on the SAS in World War II' Antony Beevor 'Thorough and highly entertaining. It would be nigh on impossible to praise it too highly' Daily Express 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. 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.Īnd so begins the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world: the SAS. 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. 'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail From the secret SAS archives and bestselling author Ben Macintyre: The first ever authorized history of the SAS.

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