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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Lovely example of this book. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> The author commanded the first full SAS squadron in Dhofar the rebellious region of Oman in 1971 and returned there as SAS regimental commander in 1974 until the end of the war in 1976. This is the story of the part played by the squadrons of the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment in the Dhofar War. The SAS were called in to support the Sultan of Oman’s armed forces in their campaign against a Communist armed insurrection. The task in hand was not to obliterate the enemy but to persuade them to join the Govern- ment’s side and at the same time win over the support of the civilians of the Jebel Dhofar. Colonel Jeapes tells the story of the men of highest quality who gave or risked their lives to ensure that the free world’s oil continued to flow. These were the men who had faced and passed a stiff physical and mental selection course and had been prepared to sacrifice rank and money to begin at the bottom of the scale as SAS troopers. Their success in the Dhofar campaign allowed an important. (SP)