![]() ![]() ![]() Britain's martial pantheon is full of outnumbered heroes who wouldn't throw in the sponge. It would be nigh on impossible to praise it too highly ( Daily Express)īen Macintyre's coverage of the SAS in north Africa and, later, Italy, France and Germany, is brilliant, blending gripping narratives of fighting with descriptions of the fears of individual soldiers before battle and their reactions to its horror. ![]() As a work of military history it is thorough and highly entertaining. The author has written about a fascinating subject in a way that would make any thriller writer proud. ![]() This book has many strengths but perhaps its greatest is how thought-provoking it is (Laurence Rees Sunday Times) Delivers stories of tremendous adventure and derring-do, but also offers more than straightforward military history. No one will ever tell it better than this ( Evening Standard)Įxcellent. The SAS are still about the best of their kind, and how they began to achieve this is an exotic saga indeed. At times there is more than a whiff of PG Wodehouse or Evelyn Waugh. Macintyre has a wonderful eye for eccentricity, and the narrative is peppered with extraordinary characters. Impeccably researched, superbly told - by far the best book on the SAS in World War II (Antony Beevor) ![]()
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