SAS
Author : Jack Ramsay
Publisher : Pan
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,17 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Commando troops
ISBN : 9780330347501
Rogue Forces
Author : Mark Willacy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 15,1 MB
Release : 2021-08-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 176110179X
Book Description
Winner of the 2022 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction. Shortlisted for NSW Premier's Literary Award's Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction. Longlisted for the Australian Political Book of the Year Award. Rogue Forces is the explosive first insiders’ story of how some of Australia’s revered SAS soldiers crossed the line in Afghanistan, descending from elite warriors to unlawful killers. Mark Willacy, who won a Gold Walkley for exposing SAS war crimes, has penetrated the SAS code of silence to reveal one of the darkest chapters in our country’s military history. Willacy’s devastating award-winning Four Corners program, ‘Killing Fields’ captured on film for the first time a war crime perpetrated by an Australian: the killing of a terrified, unarmed Afghan man in a field by an SAS soldier. It caused shockwaves around the world and resulted in an Australian Federal Police war crimes investigation. It also sparked a new line of investigation by the Brereton inquiry, the independent Australian Defence Force inquiry into war crimes in Afghanistan. It was a game changer. But for Willacy, it was just the beginning of a much bigger story. More SAS soldiers came forward with undeniable evidence and eyewitness testimony of other unlawful killings, and exposed a culture of brutality and impunity. Rogue Forces takes you out on the patrols where the killings happened. The result is a gripping character-driven story that embeds you on the front line in the thick of the action as those soldiers share for the first time what they witnessed. Willacy also confronts those accused about their sides of the story. At its heart, Rogue Forces is a story about the true heroes who had the courage to come forward and expose the truth. This is their story. A story that had to be told. '[T]his brilliant and courageous book should be required reading for anyone seeking to paint our most recent military adventure as morally unambiguous. As Willacy shows, the “moral injury” sustained by many veterans was often a case of friendly fire.’ The Australian
Soldier B: Heroes of the South Atlantic
Author : Shaun Clarke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 43,84 MB
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1408841525
Book Description
On June 14, 1982, after a bloody war on land and sea and in the air, British forces forced the Argentinians to surrender in the Falkland Islands. Vital to that great victory, but hidden behind a veil of secrecy, were the many daring exploits of the legendary Special Air Service the SAS! Landed on enemy territory by boat, submarine, helicopter, aeroplane and parachute, the SAS performed tasks too dangerous for the average soldier. Surviving hunger, thirst, freezing cold, isolation, silence and constant danger, the SAS gathered vital intelligence, engaged in espionage, disrupted enemy communications and, when, necessary, attacked and killed the enemy. Now, at last in fictional form, for reasons of security, but firmly based on fact the extraordinary story of the SAS's involvement in the Falklands can be told. Soldier B SAS: Heroes of the South Atlantic is the second in a series of novels based on this extraordinary regiment a thrilling 'factoid' adventure about the most daring soldiers in military history: the SAS!
The One that Got Away
Author : Chris Ryan
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 49,69 MB
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1612340067
Book Description
The British Army's SAS--the Special Air Service--is recognized as one of the world's premier special operations units. During the Gulf War, deep behind Iraqi lines, an SAS team was compromised. A fierce firefight ensued, and the eight men were forced to run for their lives. Only one, Chris Ryan, escaped capture--by walking nearly 180 miles through the desert for a week. The One That Got Away is his breathtaking story of extraordinary courage under fire, of narrow escapes, of highly trained soldiers struggling against the most adverse of conditions, and, above all, of one man's courageous refusal to lie down and die.
SAS Operation Storm
Author : Roger Cole
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 12,57 MB
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1444726994
Book Description
OPERATION STORM is the inside story - told by those who took part - of the greatest secret war in SAS history. The tipping point, Mirbat, South Oman, 19 July 1972 is one of the least-known yet most crucial battles of modern times. If the SAS had been defeated at Mirbat, the Russian and Chinese plan for a communist foothold in the Middle East would have succeeded, with catastrophic consequences for the oil-hungry West. OPERATION STORM is a page-turning account of courage and resilience. Mirbat was a battle fought and won by nine SAS soldiers and a similar number of brave local people - some as young as ten years old - outnumbered by at least twenty-five to one. Roger Cole, one of the SAS soldiers who took part, and writer Richard Belfield have interviewed every SAS survivor who fought in the battle from the beginning to the end - the first time every single one of them has revealed their experience. OPERATION STORM is a classic story of bravery against impossible odds, minute by minute, bullet by bullet.
The Regiment
Author : Rusty Firmin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,38 MB
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1472823230
Book Description
From its early beginnings in World War II, the Special Air Service (SAS) has won renown in some of the most dramatic, dangerous and controversial military special operations of the 20th century. It is a secretive and mysterious unit, whose operations and internal structures are hidden from the public eye. Now, one of its longest-serving veterans offers a glimpse into the shadowy world of the SAS. Rusty Firmin spent an incredible 15 years with 'The Regiment' and was a key figure in the assault of the Iranian Embassy in London in May 1980. Newly revised and available in paperback, this is the unforgettable chronicle of Rusty's combat experiences – a fascinating and intimate portrayal of what it was like to be part of the world's most respected Special Operations Force.
The Psychic Soldier
Author : Bob Curry
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,2 MB
Release : 2014-09-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781499798883
Book Description
After taking a school trip to visit a British army base, Bob Curry was certain he had discovered his "light at the end of the tunnel." The military would be his escape from the abusive mother and the unhappy home life that had been plaguing him since early childhood. So the moment he could, Bob joined the army-fighting for ten years in an infantry battalion, and eventually progressing to the elite unit known as the SAS. Over the next two decades he trained numerous armies worldwide, rubbed elbows with personalities like Margaret Thatcher and Willie Whitelaw, and took part in the recapture and liberation of the Falkland Islands. But all the while, Bob was nurturing another special gift. One that would allow him to connect people with their loved ones who have passed on, and one that he would eventually choose to make his life and his career. This inspiring true story traces one man's journey from his abusive childhood home to fighting among world-renowned military forces, to using his innate psychic gift to help individuals all over the world-and provides hope for anyone in any situation who longs to someday achieve their dreams.
Beyond No Mean Soldier
Author : Peter McAleese
Publisher : Helion and Company
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 11,50 MB
Release : 2015-07-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1911096796
Book Description
The SAS veteran, mercenary and author of No Mean Soldier looks back on a life of combat in this revised and expanded edition of his classic memoir. Peter McAleese’s No Mean Soldier set the bar for the modern military memoir. This completely revised and expanded edition sees a philosophical McAleese revisiting his time with Britain's Parachute Regiment, the SAS, Rhodesia's SAS and the South African Defense Force's 44 Para Brigade. Peter also recounts a range of other adventures, from his experiences with private military companies to near fatal skydiving accidents. With previously unpublished photos from McAleese’s private collection, Beyond No Mean Soldier delves deeper and further into the author’s wide-ranging experiences, the men he's served with, and the operations he'd conducted. Here in startling detail are the Aden insurgency; covert operations with the Rhodesian SAS; one of the first ever operational HALO inserts in British military history; assaults on SWAPO positions with 44 Para's Pathfinder Company; a botched assassination attempt in Colombia; and much more.
Marine B SBS
Author : Ian Blake
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,76 MB
Release : 2015-12-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1472816471
Book Description
In 1943 Sergeant 'Tiger' Tiller was already a seasoned veteran and a surviving member of the 'Cockleshell Heroes'. However, his war was far from over as he joined the newly formed detachment of the Special Boat Section led by Captain Magnus Larseen in the islands of the Aegean. There they would conduct a perilous, piratical war, using guns, knives and their bare hands to battle the might of the German Wehrmacht. Slipping from island to island they would call upon all their resourcefulness, courage and daring to defeat the enemy. This is classic military fiction at its best.
Soldier ‘I’
Author : Michael Paul Kennedy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 36,74 MB
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 184908615X
Book Description
The true story of a legendary SAS soldier who participated in the battle of Mirbat and assaulted the Iranian Embassy to free the hostages held within. No publicity, no media. We move in silently, do our job, and melt away into the background. If you have the stamina, the willpower and the guts, we'll welcome you with open arms and make you one of us. And if you haven't, then it's been very nice knowing you. Eighteen years in the SAS saw Pete Winner, codenamed Soldier 'I', survive the savage battle of Mirbat, parachute into the icy depths of the South Atlantic at the height of the Falklands War, and storm the Iranian Embassy during the most famous hostage crisis in the modern world. For the first time Pete also details his close-protection work around the world, from the lawless streets of Moscow to escorting aid convoys into war-torn Bosnia. He also unveils the problems of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder faced by many Special Forces veterans, and how he battled his own demons to continue his roller-coaster career. This is his story, written with a breathtaking take-no-prisoners attitude that brings each death-defying episode vividly to life.
