- Special forces (Military science), Commando operations, Great Britain, World War, 1939-1945
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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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Ben Macintyre
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Meulenhoff Boekerij B.V., Random House, Signal
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781509425785
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- Special forces (Military science)
- Commando operations
- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945
- Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service
- Regimental histories
- History
- New York Times bestseller
- New York Times reviewed
- World war, 1939-1945, regimental histories
- Great britain, army, regimental histories
- Great britain, history, military
Benedict Richard Pierce Macintyre is a British author, historian, reviewer and columnist writing for The Times newspaper. His columns range from current affairs to historical controversies. - Wikipedia
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