The SAS are the most feared and respected elite fighting force in the modern military world. But what about the 'Originals', the soldiers who turned an outlaw unit into one of the most effective strike forces of WWII First activated in 1941, Lieutenant David Stirling's 'L' Detachment, Special Air Service, were the forerunners of today's SAS - taking part in more than 100 daring secret operations before being temporarily disbanded in 1945. This book reveals the truth about the early daysof the Special Air Service, how this unique fighting force overcame the disapproval of the military authorities to win glory and fame in North Africa, Italy and Europe.

Sas At War 1941 To 1945

History

Kemp, Anthony

Military

Penguin Uk

The SAS at War: 1941-1945 (Penguin Classic Military History)

Penguin Books, Ltd.

In this strikingly bold and original work, Kemp argues that the Western idea of time reversed itself between the fourteenth and the eighteenth century from a static and syncretic image of a temporal world in which all time is uniform, the past is the arbiter of truth and all inherited knowledge is eternally viable, and no secrets lie hidden in time waiting to be revealed to a future age; to a dynamic and supersessive model of history in which the past dispenses only ignorance and error. Kemp describes these two opposed historical worlds, these "time texts," and traces the transition between them, its mechanism, and its motivation, concluding by drawing out the epistemological consequences of supersessive history for the modern intellect.

The Estrangement of the Past: A Study in the Origins of Modern Historical Consciousness

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Oxford University Press

Eighteen-year-old Johnny Cooper volunteered for the SAS in 1941. He therefore became one of the original soldiers who, by trial and error, built the service up to the effective force it is today. In this book Cooper recalls his experiences in North Africa, and his first glimpse of Belsen.

One of the Originals: The Story of a Founder Member of the SAS

Cooper, Johnny

Pan Books Limited

The Secret Hunters

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Castles are as much a feature of the European landscape as any other form of man-made structure. From the sheer might of an Edwardian castle in North Wales to a lonely tower perched on a mountain crag in Germany, they were the fulfillment of both military and social needs throughout the Middle Ages.As well as being a fortress, a castle was the home of an individual, whether he be a powerful monarch or a humble Knight. Even the bishops were great castle builders.

Castles in color

Arco.

The essential aim of this book is to provide readers with a practical, step-by-step introduction to Pagan ideas and practices, which they can try for themselves without having to "join" anyone else's coven or organization. The authors do not seek to convert, but merely to present ideas for readers to consider.

Practical Paganism

Religion & Spirituality

Sertori, J. M.

New Age & Spirituality

Robert_Hale

Weapons and equipment of the Marlborough wars

Europe

Blandford Press

Kemp deals specifically with the founding of the regiment and its fortunes during the World War II. In the "The SAS at War", Anthony Kemp has used hitherto unpublished documentation in addition to drawing on more than 100 operational files which give details of the regiment's successes and blunders during the war years. He has interviewed members of the SAS during that period. The result is a book that charts the unit's largely secret wartime operations.

The Sas at War: The Special Air Service Regiment 1941-1945

John Murray Pubs Ltd

This work, the sequel to Anthony Kemp's definitive "The SAS at War", which dealt with the foundation of the Regiment by David Stirling and its role up to 1945, takes the story forward to the storming of the Iranian Embassy, the attack on the IRA in Gibraltar, and the under-cover Gulf War. Following the Second World War, the SAS became essentially a component of the British Army and took part in colonial campaigns, including those in Malaya, Borneo, South Arabia and Oman. Since 1969, though, elements of the Regiment have been stationed more or less permanently in an under-cover role in Northern Ireland. It was at about that time too that the Regiment became involved in counter terrorist activities elsewhere, including England itself. Since then a cloak of secrecy has descended over all SAS activities, including those in the Falklands and the Gulf War. Intense speculation has been the inevitable result. This book, based on interviews and on more co-operation than the SAS has granted any other writer, tells us the maximum compatible with security of a regiment which has become the most feared and respected of special forces anywhere in the world.

The Sas: The Savage Wars of Peace, 1947 to the Present

World

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