SAS
Subtitle: the autobiography
By: edited by Jon E. Lewis
Publisher: Robinson
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781849017206
Subjects: Anecdotes; History; Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service; Great Britain
Description: "SAS : the autobiography is the story of the world's most famous regiment by those who truly know it - the troopers and officers themselves. From the dust of the desert battlefields to sniping Al Qaeda in the far mountains of Afghanistan, SAS: the autobiography takes the reader on a high-adrenaline history of the SAS and lifts the shround of mystery from its operations. Containing more than a hundred eyewitness extracts, including rare SAS battle reports, this is a riveting history of a secretive regiment"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : An infant in arms : The birth of the Special Air Service Regiment, 1941; title: Part I : Going to the wars : The SAS, 1942-5; title: Part II : The little wars of peace : The SAS, 1947-81; title: Part III : Back to the future : : The SAS, 1982-2010; title: Appendix I :An SAS chronology; title: Appendix II : David Stirling : The philosophy of the SAS; title: Appendix III : J.M. Calvert : 'Future of SAS Troops', 1945; title: Appendix IV : General H. Norman Schwarzkopf : Letter of commendation for the 22 Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment; title: Sources and acknowledgements.