'Thorough and highly entertaining.

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. Where his colleagues looked at a map of World War IIs African theater and saw a protracted struggle with Rommels desert forces, Stirling saw an. Britains Special Air Service-or SAS-was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat with a remarkable strategic mind.

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.Īnd so begins the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world: the SAS. If you liked SAS, what should you read next SAS: Rogue Heroes - The Authorized Wartime History Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britains Secret Special. SAS: Rogue Heroes : the Authorized Wartime Story. 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. As filming begins on Season 2 of ‘SAS Rogue Heroes‘, the BBC has announced the new and returning cast for Steven Knight’s critically-acclaimed drama, including Gwilym Lee, Mark Rowley, Jack Barton, and Con O’Neill. THE BOOK BEHIND THE BBC SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES From the secret SAS archives, and acclaimed author Ben Macintyre: the first ever authorized history of. 'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail As the three men career around Cairo, or Tobruk, getting themselves into scrapes and sticking two fingers up to anyone who attempts to rein them in, they work their way towards a common cause. From the secret SAS archives and bestselling author Ben Macintyre: The first ever authorized history of the SAS.

Sas rogue heroes book