Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The incredible untold story of World War IIs greatest secret fighting force, as told by the modern master of wartime intriguenow a limited series on Epix! Reads like a mashup of The Dirty Dozen and The Great Escape, with a sprinkling of Oceans 11 thrown in for good measure.Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times ONE OF NPRS BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Rogue Heroes is a ripping good read.Washington Post (10 Best Books of the Year) Britains Special Air Serviceor SASwas the brainchild of David Stirling, a young aristocrat whose aimlessness belied a remarkable strategic mind. Where most of his colleagues looked at a World War II battlefield map and saw a protracted struggle, Stirling saw an opportunity: given a small number of elite men, he could parachute behind Nazi lines and sabotage their airplanes and supplies. Defying his superiors conventional wisdom, Stirling assembled a revolutionary fighting force that would upend not just the balance of the war, but the nature of combat itself. Bringing his keen eye for detail to a riveting wartime narrative, Ben Macintyre uses his unprecedented access to the SAS archives to shine a light on a legendary unit long shrouded in secrecy.