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Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
THE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT BBC SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES, STARRING CONNOR SWINDELLS, JACK O''CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN AND DOMINIC WEST
From the secret SAS archives and bestselling author Ben Macintyre: The first ever authorized history of the SAS.
''A master at setting the pulse racing'' Daily Mail
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In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, has a vision for a new kind of war: attacking the enemy where they least expect it - from behind their own lines.
Despite the intense opposition of many in British High Command, Winston Churchill personally gives Stirling permission to recruit the toughest, brightest and most ruthless soldiers he can find. And so begins the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world: the SAS.
With unprecedented access to the SAS secret files, unseen footage and exclusive interviews with its founder members, SAS: Rogue Heroes tells the remarkable story behind an extraordinary fighting force, and the immense cost of making it a reality.
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''Thorough and highly entertaining. It would be nigh on impossible to praise it too highly'' Daily Express
''Impeccably researched, superbly told - by far the best book on the SAS in World War II'' Antony Beevor
''Told with deceptive brilliance . . . one the finest books of its kind'' Evening Standard
Sunday Times bestseller, April 2017
Trade ReviewThis book has many strengths but perhaps its greatest is how thought-provoking it is -- Laurence Rees * Sunday Times *
Macintyre provides a riveting history of a revolutionary fighting force . . . A ripping good read * Washington Post 10 Best Books of 2016 *
The sharp style and sly wit reveal some pretty acute insights into the politics of the nation's favourite undercover boys * Evening Standard Books of the Year *
So good and so much more than the boys own adventure you might think it will read like. Ben is a brilliant writer * Dermot O'Leary *
