![]() ![]() ![]() Based on Ben Macintyre’s book about the special forces’ origins in the 1941 North African. Times (London) writer at large Macintyre (A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, 2014, etc.) was given full access to SAS archives and particularly the War Diary, an invaluable compilation of original documents gathered in 1946. The action seemed to take a long time to get going, and overall I was only moderately satisfied with the series. An authorized but not official or comprehensive history of Britain’s swashbuckling Special Air Service. 'Thorough and highly entertaining. On the basis of SAS Rogue Heroes (BBC One), Steven Knight has drunk the Kool-Aid long and deep. I found the pace of the show to be a bit slow. 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. 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. ![]() 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. 'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail From the secret SAS archives and bestselling author Ben Macintyre: The first ever authorized history of the SAS. ![]()
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