SAS

Resumen del libro

From the secret SAS archives, and acclaimed author Ben Macintyre: the first ever authorized history of the SAS 'Impeccably researched, superbly told - by far the best book on the SAS in World War II' - Antony Beevor 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. Despite intense opposition, Winston Churchill personally gave Stirling permission to recruit the toughest, brightest and most ruthless soldiers he could find. So began the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world: the SAS. Now, 75 years later, the SAS has finally decided to tell its astonishing story. It has opened its secret archives for the first time, granting historian Ben Macintyre full access to a treasure trove of unseen reports, memos, diaries, letters, maps and photographs, as well as free rein to interview surviving Originals and those who knew them. The result is an exhilarating tale of fearlessness and heroism, recklessness and tragedy; of extraordinary men who were willing to take monumental risks. It is a story about the meaning of courage.

Biografía del autor

BEN MACINTYRE es columnista y editor asociado en The Times, diario para el cual también ha trabajado como corresponsal en Nueva York, París y Washington. Es autor de El agente Zigzag. La verdadera historia de Eddie Chapman, el espía más asombroso de la segunda guerra mundial (2009), El hombre que nunca existió. Operación Carne Picada. La historia del episodio que cambió el curso de la segunda guerra mundial (2010), La historia secreta del día D. La verdad sobre los superespías que engañaron a Hitler (2013), Un espía entre amigos. La gran traición de Kim Philby (2015), Los hombres del SAS. Héroes y canallas en el cuerpo de operaciones especiales británico (2017), Espía y traidor. La mayor historia de espionaje de la guerra fría (2019) y Agente Sonya (2021), todos ellos publicados por Crítica.