Eye of the Storm - Twenty-Five Years In Action With The SAS

Peter Ratcliffe looks back at a quarter of a century in the elite regiment of the British armed forces, looking back upon the big characters and fast-paced action of these years while also debunking the exaggerations of other books.

About the author

Peter Ratcliffe DCM is an author and former Regimental Sergeant Major with the Special Air Service (SAS). He has been deployed in a number of operations including in Oman, the Falklands and Iraq and served with the SAS for 25 years.

Summary

As the SAS's Regimental Sergeant-Major, Peter Ratcliffe led the longest and most successful operation behind Iraqi lines during the Gulf War and served in the SAS for 25 years. This book is packed with the details of SAS selection and training, information on weapons and equipment and, where it is safe to give them, details of operations.

Foreword

Fastpaced, earthy, dramatic, funny, occasionally disturbing, Eye of the Storm is laced with firsthand descriptions of ferocious and bloody fighting and peopled with a cast of extraordinary individuals.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Ratcliffe, Ratcliffe Peter
• Publisher: O'Mara M.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781789291384
• ISBN: 978-1-78929-138-4
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 33 mm
• Illustrations: 16pp colour plates
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Biography: general, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, United Kingdom, Great Britain, British Isles, Special & elite forces, Special and elite forces, Biography: philosophy and social sciences