Rogue heroes the history of the SAS, Britain's secret special forces unit that sabotaged the Nazis and changed the nature of war
"Britain's Special Air Service--or SAS--was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young gadabout aristocrat with a remarkable strategic mind. Where his colleagues looked at a map of World War II's African theater and saw a protracted struggle with Rommel's desert forces, Stirling saw an opportunity: g...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Macintyre, Ben, |d 1963- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Rogue heroes : |b the history of the SAS, Britain's secret special forces unit that sabotaged the Nazis and changed the nature of war / |c Ben MacIntyre. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Crown, |c [2016] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2016 | |
| 300 | |a xvi, 380 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations, maps, portraits ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a "Simultaneously published in the UK by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK, and in Canada by Signal, an imprint of Random House Canada"--Title page verso. | ||
| 500 | |a British edition titled: SAS : rogue heroes : the authorized wartime story. | ||
| 520 | 2 | |a "Britain's Special Air Service--or SAS--was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young gadabout aristocrat with a remarkable strategic mind. Where his colleagues looked at a 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 Nazi lines and sabotage their airplanes and supplies. 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. Bringing his keen eye for psychological detail to a riveting wartime narrative, Ben Macintyre uses his unprecedented access to the SAS archives to shine a light on a legendary unit long shrouded in secrecy--one whose hard methods would influence contemporary special forces around the world. The result is not only a tremendous war story, but also a fascinating group portrait of men of whom history and country asked the most"--Front flap and publisher description. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-364) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue: Into the dark -- WAR IN THE DESERT -- Cowboy soldier -- L Detachment -- Recruits -- Into the desert -- The Long Range Desert Group -- Devil country -- A party of ghosts -- Blitz buggy -- Benghazi bed-and-breakfast -- Seven airfields -- Mass sabotage at Sidi Haneish -- Desert doctors -- Quite, quite mad -- Alamein -- WAR IN EUROPE -- Italy -- Bulbasket -- Houndsworth -- An eye for an eye -- Paddy McGinty's goat -- A predilection for risk -- Battaglione Alleata -- Into the Reich -- Liberation -- Who dares survives. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Stirling, David, |d 1915-1990. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Lewes, Jock, |d 1913-1941. |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Commando operations |z Great Britain. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Regimental histories |z Great Britain. | |
| 610 | 2 | 0 | |a Great Britain. |b Army. |b Special Air Service |x History. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Special forces (Military science) |z Great Britain |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Campaigns |z Africa, North. | |
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