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Overview"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 the SAS as a unique source of counter-guerilla expertise, the regiment lived on and was covertly involved in the Greek Civil War of 1945-49, a war unmatched in savagery until the Bosnian conflict in the 1990s." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tim JonesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.514kg ISBN: 9781860646768ISBN 10: 186064676 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 22 April 2005 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsIntroduction: Dare All to Win All 1. Towards a New Beginning 2. A life-line: Greece 3. Fighting for Survival on Two Fronts 4. Fighting Insurgency on Two Fronts 5. The International Squadron: Bending the Rules in Greece 6. 'Too Funny to be True!': The Middle East Rangers (SAS) 7. Fighting for Corps Status 8. Korea: The War That Never Was? 9. Malaya: Hearts, Minds and Winged Dagger 10. The SAS Family Appendix - Deception in MalayaReviews'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 Author InformationTim 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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