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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 s...

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Main Author: Macintyre, Ben, 1963- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Crown, [2016]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Stirling, David, > 1915-1990.
Lewes, Jock, > 1913-1941.
Great Britain. > Army. > Special Air Service > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Commando operations > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > Great Britain.
Special forces (Military science) > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Africa, North.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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