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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
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Title: Rogue Heroes: The History of the Sas, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
Author: Ben MacIntyre
ISBN: 9781101904183
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 400
Publisher Description: <b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER - The incredible untold story of World War II's greatest secret fighting force, as told by the modern master of wartime intrigue--now an original series on MGM+!</b> <p/><b>"Reads like a mashup of <i>The Dirty Dozen</i> and <i>The Great Escape, </i> with a sprinkling of <i>Ocean's 11</i> thrown in for good measure."--Michiko Kakutani, <i>The New York Times</i></b> <p/><b>ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - "<i>Rogue Heroes</i> is a ripping good read."--<i>Washington Post</i> (10 Best Books of the Year)</b> <p/>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. <p/>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: Ben MacIntyre
ISBN: 9781101904183
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 400
Publisher Description: <b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER - The incredible untold story of World War II's greatest secret fighting force, as told by the modern master of wartime intrigue--now an original series on MGM+!</b> <p/><b>"Reads like a mashup of <i>The Dirty Dozen</i> and <i>The Great Escape, </i> with a sprinkling of <i>Ocean's 11</i> thrown in for good measure."--Michiko Kakutani, <i>The New York Times</i></b> <p/><b>ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - "<i>Rogue Heroes</i> is a ripping good read."--<i>Washington Post</i> (10 Best Books of the Year)</b> <p/>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. <p/>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.
