The author was the first serving SAS commander to write about the modern SAS. He describes the part played by the SAS in what was probably the most successful counter-insurgency campaign ever fought: the Dhofar war of 1969-76. Yet, the SAS's part in supporting the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces was kept secret from the British public and is still unknown save to a few. The first edition of this book, written in 1977 under the title SAS Operation Oman took three years to clear with the censors before it could be published. It is still studied at the British Army Staff College as a text book on how a counter-insurgency campaign should be conducted. The aim was not to kill the enemy but to persuade them to join the government forces instead. Their only fault was that 'they did not know the truth'. The task of the SAS was to retrain these former guerillas, the firqats, reorganise them and lead them back to fight against their old comrades-in-arms. Their success was to expose the so-called 'historic inevitability' of Communist revolution for the myth it was.

Sas Secret War

History

Jeapes, Tony

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

After heavy editing by the MoD and Foreign Office, the story of this secret war was revealed in "SAS Operation Oman", written by the SAS commander, Colonel Tony Jeapes. Still used as a textbook at the Army Staff College, Camberley, it reveals how small teams of elite soldiers took on a dedicated guerrilla army and destroyed it. While the US Army was losing its very public war in Vietnam, the SAS fought in complete secrecy, saving the Omani regime and preventing Soviet-backed guerrillas from seizing control of the Persian Gulf. MoD restrictions are now lifted, enabling Tony Jeapes to reveal key details he was forced to omit in 1980.

SAS Secret War

Military

HarperCollins, UK

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Good, A very good, clean and sound copy in golden-tan cloth boards, gilt title on spine with a good/very good dust jacket. DJ in clear protective wrapper. Illustrated with b/w images and maps as listed.

SAS: Operation Oman

Middle East

W. Kimber

SAS Operation Oman

Battery Pr

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