The covert, clandestine operations of the Special Air Service Regiment (SAS), from the jungles of Malaya, Borneo and Brunei to the deserts and mountains of the Middle East, have been widely documented. There has always been intense fascination in the SAS, stoked by the regiment's "closed" organization and secretive activities. But no period of activity has remained more secret than the vital years after the Second World War when the regiment seemingly expired, only to rise miraculously from the dead to fight Communism in the Malaya emergency. Tim Jones's fascinating history pieces together the evidence to show that while the Malaya emergency re-established the SAS as a unique source of counter-guerilla expertise, the regiment lived on and was covertly involved in the Greek Civil War of 1945-49, a war unmatched in savagery until the Bosnian conflict in the 1990s.
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'Reveals a new insight into the undiscovered years in the history of the SAS... a must for those interested in the SAS.' - Bulletin of the Military Historical Society
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Tim Jones did his PhD research at the Department of War Studies at King's College, London, followed by lecturing at the University of Liverpool Department of International Relations and now works in journalism.
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In the last decade, there has been an avalanche of books about the world's leading and most respected special force - the Special Air Service Regiment - and various associated 'elite forces'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wartime special forces, special forces experience, new special force, independent squadron, winged dagger, forces lobby, other special forces, airborne forces, raiding forces, special forces personnel, small wars, explanatory memorandum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
War Office, Middle East, Brian Franks, Far East, Service Department, International Squadron, Corps Warrant, David Stirling, Parachute Regiment, Bob Bennett, Special Air Service Regiment, Army Air Corps, Malayan Scouts, General Sir, Airborne Division, Regimental Association, Combined Operations, Foreign Office, Mobile Teams, Greek Army, Territorial Army, Colonel Commandant, Tony Kemp, Greek Commandos, High Commissioner New!
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wartime special forces, special forces experience, new special force, independent squadron, winged dagger, forces lobby, other special forces, airborne forces, raiding forces, special forces personnel, small wars, explanatory memorandum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
War Office, Middle East, Brian Franks, Far East, Service Department, International Squadron, Corps Warrant, David Stirling, Parachute Regiment, Bob Bennett, Special Air Service Regiment, Army Air Corps, Malayan Scouts, General Sir, Airborne Division, Regimental Association, Combined Operations, Foreign Office, Mobile Teams, Greek Army, Territorial Army, Colonel Commandant, Tony Kemp, Greek Commandos, High Commissioner New!
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- Fighting Dirty: The Inside Story of Covert Operations From Ho Chi Minh to Osama Bin Laden (Cassell Military Paperback) by Peter Harclerode in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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