Strawson, John, - A HISTORY OF THE S.A.S. REGIMENT.

Guild Publishing, London, 1985, club ed., xvi, 292pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 13 in text maps, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, the first fully comprehensive history of the Special Air Service, the youngest regiment in the British Army from its beginnings as 'L' detachment in 1941 Egypt through it training and growth during WW2 to the present day (1980's) and its involvement in post-WW2 Malaya, Oman, Brunei, Aden, Northern Ireland and Princes Gate, London, campaigns and epidodes of urban terrorism, with details of the many WW2 and post-war operations, descriptions of their early leaders David Stirling and Paddy Mayne, with appendices of operations in North Africa 1941/3, the Mediterranean and Italy 1943/4, and Europe 1944/5, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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