title: Martin Dillon
Artists Rifles
Corporals killings
23 Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve)
New Zealand Special Air Service
Raymond Couraud
Operation Houndsworth
Paddy Mayne
Special Reconnaissance Unit
Roy Farran
sentences: Martin Dillon (born 1949) is an author and journalist from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
 He worked for eighteen years at the BBC and has written plays and novels, but is best known for his non-fiction books about "the Troubles".
 He has written books about the loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone and Special Air Service founder Paddy Mayne.
The Artists Rifles is a regiment of the British Army Reserve.
 Raised in London in 1859 as a volunteer light infantry unit, the regiment saw active service during the Second Boer War and World War I, earning a number of battle honours.
 It did not serve outside Britain during World War II, as it was used as an officer training unit at that time.
 The regiment was disbanded in 1945, but in 1947 it was re-established to resurrect the Special Air Service Regiment.
 Today, the full title of the Regiment is 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve) (21 SAS(R)) and with 23 Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve) (23 SAS(R)), it forms the Special Air Service (Reserve) (SAS(R)).
British Army corporals David Howes and Derek Wood were killed by the Provisional IRA on 19 March 1988 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in an event which became known as the corporals killings.
 The off-duty soldiers were wearing plain-clothes when they were killed by the IRA after encountering the funeral procession of an IRA member whilst returning from Belfast to Lisburn.
 Three days before, loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone had attacked an IRA funeral and killed three people.
 Believing the soldiers were loyalists intent on repeating Stone's attack, dozens of people surrounded and attacked their car.
 During this, Corporal Wood drew his service pistol and fired a shot in the air.
 The soldiers were then dragged from the car, beaten, and taken to nearby waste ground where they were stripped and shot dead.
23 Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve) (23 SAS(R)) is a regiment of the British Army Reserve.
 Together with 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve) (21 SAS(R)), it forms the Special Air Service (Reserve) (SAS(R)).
 Unlike the regular SAS Regiment it accepts members of the general population without prior military service.
The New Zealand Special Air Service, abbreviated as the NZSAS, was formed on 7 July 1955 and is the special forces unit of the New Zealand Army, closely modelled on the British Special Air Service (SAS).
 It traces its origins to the Second World War and the famous Long Range Desert Group that a number of New Zealanders served with.
Raymond Couraud (aka Captain Jack William Raymond Lee, born 12 January 1920 at Surgères, Charente-Maritime - 1977), was a French soldier and gangster, who through his World War II military exploits became a highly decorated member of the French-section of the British Army's Special Air Service.
Operation "Houndsworth" was the codename for a British Special Air Service operation during the Second World War.
 The operation carried out by 'A' Squadron, 1st Special Air Service between 6 June and 6 September 1944, was centred on Dijon in the Burgundy region of France.
 Their objective was to disrupt German lines of communication, coordinate the activities of the French Resistance and prevent German reinforcements moving to the Normandy beachheads especially the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} & Three Bars (11 January 1915 – 14 December 1955) was an Ulster British Army soldier, Ireland rugby union international, lawyer, amateur boxer and a founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS).
 During the course of the Second World War he became one of the British Army's most highly decorated soldiers.
 He was controversially denied a Victoria Cross.
The Special Reconnaissance Unit, also known as the 14 Field Security and Intelligence Company (internally "The Det") was a part of the British Army Intelligence Corps involved in plain-clothes operations in Northern Ireland from the 1970s onwards.
 The unit conducted undercover surveillance operations against suspected members of Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups.
 Its troops were recruited from line battalions and trained in an eight-week course by the Special Air Service (SAS).
 An initial deployment of 120 men took place in November 1972.
 Many allegations of collusion with loyalist paramilitaries were made against the unit.
 In 1987, the unit became part of the newly formed United Kingdom Special Forces directorate.
 The unit was amalgamated with the Special Reconnaissance Regiment or SRR in 2005.
Major Roy Alexander Farran DSO, MC & Two Bars (2 January 1921 – 2 June 2006) was a British soldier, politician, farmer, author and journalist.
 He was highly decorated for his exploits with the Special Air Service (SAS) during World War II.
 Farran became widely known after being court martialled on a charge of murdering an unarmed 16-year-old member of the Jewish underground group Lehi during his command of an undercover Palestine Police unit.
 After his brother was killed in a revenge attack, Farran emigrated to Canada where he forged a successful business and political career, holding a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1979 sitting with the Progressive Conservative caucus.
 He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Premier Peter Lougheed during that period.

Question: Question: What non-fiction books has the author who has written books about the loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone and Special Air Service founder who During the course of the Second World War he became one of the British Army's most highly decorated soldiers? 

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 Martin Dillon (born 1949) is an author and journalist from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
 He worked for eighteen years at the BBC and has written plays and novels, but is best known for his non-fiction books about "the Troubles".
 He has written books about the loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone and Special Air Service founder Paddy Mayne. 

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 The Artists Rifles is a regiment of the British Army Reserve.
 Raised in London in 1859 as a volunteer light infantry unit, the regiment saw active service during the Second Boer War and World War I, earning a number of battle honours.
 It did not serve outside Britain during World War II, as it was used as an officer training unit at that time.
 The regiment was disbanded in 1945, but in 1947 it was re-established to resurrect the Special Air Service Regiment.
 Today, the full title of the Regiment is 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve) (21 SAS(R)) and with 23 Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve) (23 SAS(R)), it forms the Special Air Service (Reserve) (SAS(R)). 

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 British Army corporals David Howes and Derek Wood were killed by the Provisional IRA on 19 March 1988 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in an event which became known as the corporals killings.
 The off-duty soldiers were wearing plain-clothes when they were killed by the IRA after encountering the funeral procession of an IRA member whilst returning from Belfast to Lisburn.
 Three days before, loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone had attacked an IRA funeral and killed three people.
 Believing the soldiers were loyalists intent on repeating Stone's attack, dozens of people surrounded and attacked their car.
 During this, Corporal Wood drew his service pistol and fired a shot in the air.
 The soldiers were then dragged from the car, beaten, and taken to nearby waste ground where they were stripped and shot dead. 

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 23 Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve) (23 SAS(R)) is a regiment of the British Army Reserve.
 Together with 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve) (21 SAS(R)), it forms the Special Air Service (Reserve) (SAS(R)).
 Unlike the regular SAS Regiment it accepts members of the general population without prior military service. 

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 Raymond Couraud (aka Captain Jack William Raymond Lee, born 12 January 1920 at Surgères, Charente-Maritime - 1977), was a French soldier and gangster, who through his World War II military exploits became a highly decorated member of the French-section of the British Army's Special Air Service. 

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 Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} & Three Bars (11 January 1915 – 14 December 1955) was an Ulster British Army soldier, Ireland rugby union international, lawyer, amateur boxer and a founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS).
 During the course of the Second World War he became one of the British Army's most highly decorated soldiers.
 He was controversially denied a Victoria Cross. 

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 The Special Reconnaissance Unit, also known as the 14 Field Security and Intelligence Company (internally "The Det") was a part of the British Army Intelligence Corps involved in plain-clothes operations in Northern Ireland from the 1970s onwards.
 The unit conducted undercover surveillance operations against suspected members of Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups.
 Its troops were recruited from line battalions and trained in an eight-week course by the Special Air Service (SAS).
 An initial deployment of 120 men took place in November 1972.
 Many allegations of collusion with loyalist paramilitaries were made against the unit.
 In 1987, the unit became part of the newly formed United Kingdom Special Forces directorate.
 The unit was amalgamated with the Special Reconnaissance Regiment or SRR in 2005. 

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 Major Roy Alexander Farran DSO, MC & Two Bars (2 January 1921 – 2 June 2006) was a British soldier, politician, farmer, author and journalist.
 He was highly decorated for his exploits with the Special Air Service (SAS) during World War II.
 Farran became widely known after being court martialled on a charge of murdering an unarmed 16-year-old member of the Jewish underground group Lehi during his command of an undercover Palestine Police unit.
 After his brother was killed in a revenge attack, Farran emigrated to Canada where he forged a successful business and political career, holding a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1979 sitting with the Progressive Conservative caucus.
 He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Premier Peter Lougheed during that period. 

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Answer: the Troubles