Rogue heroes : the history of the SAS, Britain's secret special forces unit that sabotaged the Nazis and changed the nature of the war
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Macintyre, Ben, 1963-
Published
New York, New York : Random House Audio, [2016].
Edition
Unabridged.
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11 audio discs (13 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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CD 940.5412 MACINT 2016
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LC Subjects
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Great Britain. -- Army. -- Special Air Service -- History.
Special forces (Military science) -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Commando operations -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Great Britain.
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Published
New York, New York : Random House Audio, [2016].
Format
CD Book
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English

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Compact discs.
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Read by the author.
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Britain's Special Air Service, or SAS, was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat whose aimlessness in early life belied a remarkable strategic mind. Where most of his colleagues looked at a battlefield map of World War II's African theater and saw a protracted struggle with Rommel's desert forces, Stirling saw an opportunity: given a small number of elite, well-trained men, he could parachute behind enemy lines and sabotage their airplanes and war material. Paired with his constitutional opposite, the disciplined martinet Jock Lewes, Stirling assembled a revolutionary fighting force that would upend not just the balance of the war, but the nature of combat itself. He faced no little resistance from those who found his tactics ungentlemanly or beyond the pale, but in the SAS's remarkable exploits facing the Nazis in the Africa and then on the Continent can be found the seeds of nearly all special forces units that would follow.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Macintyre, B. (2016). Rogue heroes: the history of the SAS, Britain's secret special forces unit that sabotaged the Nazis and changed the nature of the war (Unabridged.). Random House Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Macintyre, Ben, 1963-. 2016. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of the War. New York, New York: Random House Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Macintyre, Ben, 1963-. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of the War New York, New York: Random House Audio, 2016.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Macintyre, B. (2016). Rogue heroes: the history of the SAS, britain's secret special forces unit that sabotaged the nazis and changed the nature of the war. Unabridged. New York, New York: Random House Audio.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Macintyre, Ben. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of the War Unabridged., Random House Audio, 2016.

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