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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Signed by author best wishes. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. No notes or highlighting. Some slight tanning to page edges due to age. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The Rhodesian Special Air Service one of the most formidable Fighting forces in the world operated almost exclusively across the border during the long bitter bush war undertaking deep- penetration missions against insurgents being harboured inside neighbouring Mozambique and Zambia. There were missions into Botswana too and at one stage they were operating without benefit of passport in all three neighbouring Nack territories at the same time. Long before the war escalated and the whole region became their battlefield secret clandestine missions across the border were undertaken by Special Air Service operators. Later when the situation intensified they were responsible for some of the most audacious and highly sensitive missions of the war. Yet little is known of this highly-professional Special Force unit. which had its beginnings in the days of the Malayan Emergency. and like its parent unit the British SAS boasted the coveted and very apt motto Who Dares Wins Even before the men of the elite carefully-selected Special Air Service mounted their most daring tasks far from home the then Minister of Defence Mr Jack Howman said: “My only regret is that the exploits of the SAS cannot yet be disclosed to the public so that they can share my pride in full.” Fought against the magic and madness of a changing Africa. against almost insuperable odds against two terrorist armies who were aided and abetted by the armies of their host nations and backed by Russia and China two of the world’s superpowers the role of the Special Air Service was unique. The Commander of Combined Operations Lieutenant-General Peter Walls while reluctant to single out any one unit was to acknowledge this after the war. It is this unique story that the writer set out to discover and this book-the first ever released to fully detail the secret exploits of the elite Regiment – has been based on rare interviews with the very people involved in the SAS’s many and varied operations the heroes of an era. Some of their exploits may seem far-fetched even impossible but then truth is often stranger than fiction. It is a history of high-adventure and daring courage and humanism be it driving through the streets of a neighbouring city. walking bold as brass down those of another knocking out trains. bridges and vital installations or swooping out of the morning skies then with the ability to hit hard and fast attacking and taking their leave the devastation complete the mission accomplished Nowhere was out of reach or safe from SAS attack. (MP)