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SAS: The First Secret Wars: The Unknown Years of Combat and Counter-Insurgency
Tim Jones
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Description for SAS: The First Secret Wars: The Unknown Years of Combat and Counter-Insurgency
Hardcover. In his history of the SAS, Tim Jones has covered the most secretive period directly after World War II, when the regiment officially "expired", only to rise from the dead to fight communism in the Malaya emergency. Num Pages: 252 pages, 4pp b&w section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBT; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
The covert, clandestine operations of the Special Air Service (SAS), from the jungles of Malaya, Borneo and Brunei to the deserts and mountains of the Middle East, have been widely documented. There has always been intense fascination in the SAS, stoked by the regiment's "closed" organization and secretive activities. But no period of activity has remained more secret than the vital years after World War II when the regiment seemingly expired, only to rise miraculously from the dead to fight Communism in the Malaya emergency. Tim Jones' history pieces together the evidence to show that while the Malaya emergency re-established ... Read more
The covert, clandestine operations of the Special Air Service (SAS), from the jungles of Malaya, Borneo and Brunei to the deserts and mountains of the Middle East, have been widely documented. There has always been intense fascination in the SAS, stoked by the regiment's "closed" organization and secretive activities. But no period of activity has remained more secret than the vital years after World War II when the regiment seemingly expired, only to rise miraculously from the dead to fight Communism in the Malaya emergency. Tim Jones' history pieces together the evidence to show that while the Malaya emergency re-established ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
252
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860646768
SKU
V9781860646768
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About Tim Jones
Tim Jones did his PhD research at the Department of War Studies at King's College, London, followed by lecturing at the University of Liverpool Department of International Relations and now works in journalism.
Reviews for SAS: The First Secret Wars: The Unknown Years of Combat and Counter-Insurgency
'Reveals a new insight into the undiscovered years in the history of the SAS... a must for those interested in the SAS.' - Bulletin of the Military Historical Society