Good SAS books?

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anonymous-user

55 months

Wednesday 28th June 2017
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Anything by John (Lofty) Wiseman

SuperHans.

64 posts

83 months

Wednesday 28th June 2017
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What colour is the boathouse? by Bob De Niro.

joshleb

1,544 posts

145 months

Wednesday 5th July 2017
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Started reading Eye of the Storm from recommendations from this thread, liking it so far!

enjo

339 posts

139 months

Friday 7th July 2017
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SAS: Rogue Heroes - the Authorized Wartime History
Ben MacIntyre

Excellent history of how it all began.

Oliver James

64 posts

84 months

Friday 14th July 2017
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Not actually SAS, but very similar in my eyes, is Pegasus Bridge. A short ww2 story about the British commandos who used a glider to fly into Normandy unseen and captured two bridges essential to the success of the D-Day landings. Very easy to read and I think this should be the kind of stuff you're interested in

Tango13

8,450 posts

177 months

Saturday 29th July 2017
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kicks said:
No Mean Soldier by Peter McAlese is good.
This and 'Soldier I' by Pete Winner

texaxile

3,294 posts

151 months

Wednesday 9th August 2017
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I've got "looking for trouble" by Sir Peter de la Billiere, and another book which touches on the SAS in Oman called "Muscat Command" by Peter Thwaites / Simon Sloane, both an enjoyable read.

geeks

9,204 posts

140 months

Wednesday 9th August 2017
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Again not SAS (although they do get a mention) Operation Insanity by Colonel Richard Westley and Mark Ryan. A good read and an interesting insight into Bosnia and Peacekeeping missions!

joshleb

1,544 posts

145 months

Wednesday 9th August 2017
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joshleb said:
Started reading Eye of the Storm from recommendations from this thread, liking it so far!
Really enjoyed this, and was interesting to hear his opinions towards other SAS members...

I want to read Peter de la Billière's autobiography sometime, he seemed to be well represented in Eye of the Storm.

Dr Gitlin

2,561 posts

240 months

Wednesday 9th August 2017
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Popski's Private Army is sort-of related to the SAS's origin in WWII, and well worth a read: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=se...

This book about the Special Reconnaissance Unit is also fascinating: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ONZQ8FE/ref=o...

Hereward

4,189 posts

231 months

Tuesday 15th August 2017
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SuperHans. said:
What colour is the boathouse? by Bob De Niro.
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dudleybloke

19,849 posts

187 months

Tuesday 31st October 2017
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Interesting video on the early days of the regiment.

https://youtu.be/RLtfJ0ekqVE

Ayahuasca

27,427 posts

280 months

Saturday 4th November 2017
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Are you sure he was talking about the regiment?

Being Norwegian he might have been talking about the airline.

cardigankid

8,849 posts

213 months

Saturday 16th December 2017
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Pathfinder, not SAS, but as good as.