![]() ![]() 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"-From front flap and publisher description. 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. 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. 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. ![]() ![]() "Britain's Special Air Service-or SAS-was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young gadabout aristocrat with a remarkable strategic mind. ![]()
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