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SAS - The Illustrated History of the SAS (Hardcover)
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SAS - The Illustrated History of the SAS (Hardcover)
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The authorised illustrated history of the SAS by the number one
bestselling author of Dunkirk, Joshua Levine. With
never-before-seen photographs and unheard stories, this is the
SAS’s wartime history in vivid and astonishing detail. The SAS
began as a lie, a story of a British parachute unit in the North
African desert, to convince the Axis they were under imminent
threat. The lie was so effective that soon a small band of men were
brought together to make it real. These recruits were the toughest
and brightest of their cohort, the most resilient, most dynamic and
most self-sufficient. Their first commanders, David Stirling and
Paddy Mayne, would go down in history as unorthodox visionaries.
Yet this book tells much more than the usual origin story of the
unit and seeks out less well-known leaders like Bill Fraser, who
was essential in helping the SAS achieve fame for their devastating
raids. By looking beyond the myth, this book brings back to life a
group of men who showed immense bravery and endured unimaginable
risks behind enemy lines. Written with the full cooperation of the
SAS and with exclusive access to SAS archives, Levine draws on
individual stories and personal testimony, including interviews
with veterans and family members. On every page, the book gives a
visceral sense of what it was like to fight and train in the SAS in
both North Africa and Europe during the Second World War, focusing
on their failures as well as their successes. This book is vivid
with the characters of the men, their eclectic personalities, their
strengths, weaknesses and many disagreements. Levine has uncovered
a remarkable portrait of this enigmatic unit with photographs and
stories long thought lost to history
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