Now, 75 years later, the SAS has finally decided to tell its astonishing story. So began the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world: the SAS. In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, came up with a plan that was radical and entirely against the rules: a small undercover unit that would inflict mayhem behind enemy lines.ĭespite intense opposition, Winston Churchill personally gave Stirling permission to recruit the toughest, brightest and most ruthless soldiers he could find. 'Impeccably researched, superbly told - by far the best book on the SAS in World War II' - Antony Beevor Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of SAS: Rogue Heroes, written and read by Ben MacIntyre. From the secret SAS archives, and acclaimed author Ben Macintyre: the first ever authorized history of the SAS
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