SAS (Audio book) - Rogue Heroes - the Authorized Wartime History

From the secret SAS archives, and acclaimed author Ben Macintyre: the first ever authorized history of the SAS Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of SAS: Rogue Heroes, written and read by Ben MacIntyre. 'Impeccably researched, superbly told - by far the best book on the SAS in World War II' - Antony Beevor In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, came up with a plan that was radical and entirely against the rules: a small undercover unit that would inflict mayhem behind enemy lines. Despite intense opposition, Winston Churchill personally gave Stirling permission to recruit the toughest, brightest and most ruthless soldiers he could find. So began the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world: the SAS. Now, 75 years later, the SAS has finally decided to tell its astonishing story. It has opened its secret archives for the first time, granting historian Ben Macintyre full access to a treasure trove of unseen reports, memos, diaries, letters, maps and photographs, as well as free rein to interview surviving Originals and those who knew them. The result is an exhilarating tale of fearlessness and heroism, recklessness and tragedy; of extraordinary men who were willing to take monumental risks. It is a story about the meaning of courage.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Macintyre
• Assisted by: Ben Macintyre (Reader / Narrator)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: CD-Audio
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9780241981580
• ISBN: 978-0-241-98158-0
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 143 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / General, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, Special & elite forces, Special and elite forces