Rogue Warrior Of The Sas

Author : Martin Dillon
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780573774
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rogue Warrior of the SAS written by Martin Dillon and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than half a century after his death, Lt Col. Robert Blair Mayne is still regarded as one of the greatest soldiers in the history of military special operations. He was the most decorated British soldier of the Second World War, receiving four DSOs, the Croix de Guerre and the Légion d'honneur, and he pioneered tactics used today by the SAS and other special operations units worldwide. Rogue Warrior of the SAS tells the remarkable life story of 'Colonel Paddy', whose exceptional physical strength and uniquely swift reflexes made him a fearsome opponent. But his unorthodox rules of war and his resentment of authority would deny him the ultimate accolade of the Victoria Cross. Drawing on personal letters and family papers, declassified SAS files and records, together with the Official SAS Diary compiled in wartime and eyewitness accounts from many who served with him, the picture emerges of a soldier who, although a flawed hero, was unquestionably one of the most distinctive combatants of the campaigns in the Western Desert and Europe.

Author : Ben Macintyre
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1101904178
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rogue Heroes written by Ben Macintyre and published by Crown. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incredible untold story of World War II’s greatest secret fighting force, as told by the modern master of wartime intrigue—now a limited series on Epix! “Reads like a mashup of The Dirty Dozen and The Great Escape, with a sprinkling of Ocean’s 11 thrown in for good measure.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • “Rogue Heroes is a ripping good read.”—Washington Post (10 Best Books of the Year) Britain’s Special Air Service—or SAS—was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young aristocrat whose aimlessness belied a remarkable strategic mind. Where most of his colleagues looked at a World War II battlefield map and saw a protracted struggle, Stirling saw an opportunity: given a small number of elite men, he could parachute behind Nazi lines and sabotage their airplanes and supplies. Defying his superiors’ conventional wisdom, 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 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.

Author : Bradford, Ear
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 9780099604501
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rogue Warrior of the SAS written by Bradford, Ear and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1990-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hamish Ross
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752469657
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paddy Mayne written by Hamish Ross and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Paddy’ Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War. Hamish Ross’s authoritative study follows Mayne from solicitor and a rugby international to troop commander in the Commandos and then the SAS, whose leader he later became and whose annals he graced, winning the DSO and three bars, the Croix de Guerre and the Légion d’Honneur. Mayne’s achievements attracted attention, and after his early death legends emerged, based largely on anecdote and assertion. Hamish Ross’s closely researched biography challenges much of the received version, using contemporary sources, the official war diaries, the chronicle of 1 SAS, Mayne’s papers and diaries, and a number of extended interviews with key contemporaries. It has the support of the Mayne family and the SAS Regimental Association. In Ross’s analysis Mayne is a dynamic, yet principled and thoughtful man, committed to the unit’s original concepts; not flawless, but whose leadership qualities and tactical brilliance in the field secured the reputation of the SAS.

Author : Mark Willacy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781761421471
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rogue Forces written by Mark Willacy and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2022 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction. Shortlisted for NSW Premier's Literary Award's Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction. Longlisted for the Australian Political Book of the Year Award. Rogue Forces is the explosive first insiders' story of how some of Australia's revered SAS soldiers crossed the line in Afghanistan, descending from elite warriors to unlawful killers. Mark Willacy, who won a Gold Walkley for exposing SAS war crimes, has penetrated the SAS code of silence to reveal one of the darkest chapters in our country's military history. Willacy's devastating award-winning Four Corners program, 'Killing Fields' captured on film for the first time a war crime perpetrated by an Australian: the killing of a terrified, unarmed Afghan man in a field by an SAS soldier. It caused shockwaves around the world and resulted in an Australian Federal Police war crimes investigation. It also sparked a new line of investigation by the Brereton inquiry, the independent Australian Defence Force inquiry into war crimes in Afghanistan. It was a game changer. But for Willacy, it was just the beginning of a much bigger story. More SAS soldiers came forward with undeniable evidence and eyewitness testimony of other unlawful killings, and exposed a culture of brutality and impunity. Rogue Forces takes you out on the patrols where the killings happened. The result is a gripping character-driven story that embeds you on the front line in the thick of the action as those soldiers share for the first time what they witnessed. Willacy also confronts those accused about their sides of the story. At its heart, Rogue Forces is a story about the true heroes who had the courage to come forward and expose the truth. This is their story. A story that had to be told. '[T]his brilliant and courageous book should be required reading for anyone seeking to paint our most recent military adventure as morally unambiguous. As Willacy shows, the "moral injury" sustained by many veterans was often a case of friendly fire.' The Australian

Author : Gary McKay
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459603621
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Patrol with the SAS written by Gary McKay and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in this book come from first-hand experiences of the men of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment as they conduct their operations in Borneo and South Vietnam.

Author : Martin DILLON
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rogue Warrior of the SAS written by Martin DILLON and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Marcinko
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780765357502
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rogue Warrior: Seize the Day written by Richard Marcinko and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asked to go to Cuba by the head of the CIA, Marchinko discovers Fidel Castro is on his deathbed. What's more, Castro had planned a catastrophic surprise for the United States as his going-away present. The Rogue Warrior must find out the nature of that little surprise and thwart it. Available in a tall Premium Edition.

Author : Michael Paul Kennedy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671795818
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book He Who Dares written by Michael Paul Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the astonishing true story of an 18-year-old veteran of one of the world's fiercest counterterrorist forces, the SAS. Crawl inside the mind of this legendary British rogue warrior, and live the kind of adventures most can only dream about. 8-page insert.

Author : Rusty Firmin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472823230
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Regiment written by Rusty Firmin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its early beginnings in World War II, the Special Air Service (SAS) has won renown in some of the most dramatic, dangerous and controversial military special operations of the 20th century. It is a secretive and mysterious unit, whose operations and internal structures are hidden from the public eye. Now, one of its longest-serving veterans offers a glimpse into the shadowy world of the SAS. Rusty Firmin spent an incredible 15 years with 'The Regiment' and was a key figure in the assault of the Iranian Embassy in London in May 1980. Newly revised and available in paperback, this is the unforgettable chronicle of Rusty's combat experiences – a fascinating and intimate portrayal of what it was like to be part of the world's most respected Special Operations Force.