The Elite - The Story of The Rhodesian Special Air Service Signed by author & 3 SAS Operators

The Elite  -  The Story of The Rhodesian Special Air Service Signed by the author an 3 Rhodesian SAS Operators 

Author: Barbara Cole  

Publisher: Three Knights Publishing Transkei, South Africa

Edition: Second, 1984

ISBN: 0 620 07421 3

Language: English  

Condition: Good. Clean copy with tight binding. Previous owners name and dedication   

Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket  

Pages: 447. Text with images

Additional Information

Signed by: Capt. RC Mackenzie SCR & BCR / Lt. P Cole DMM / One other Operator who is holder of the SCR & BCR

The Rhodesian Special Air Service, one of the most formidable fighting forces in the world, operated almost exclusively across borders during the long bitter bush war, undertaking deep-penetration missions against insurgents being harboured inside neighbouring Mozambique and Zambia. There were missions into Botswana too, and at one stage, the SAS was operating without benefit of passport in all three neighbouring territories at the same time. Long before the war escalated and the whole region became their battlefield, clandestine missions across the border were undertaken by SAS operators. Later, when the situation intensified, they were responsible for some of the most audacious and highly sensitive missions of the war.

The writer takes the reader from the early days on the Western Desert to the formation of the Rhodesian SAS for service in Malaya, then back to Africa where the action spans the days of the Federation, the UDI era and finally the decolonization of Rhodesia by the British in 1980. This is the first book to detail the secret exploits of this elite regiment and it has been based on rare firsthand interviews with operators themselves. Some of their exploits may seem far-fetched, even impossible, but then, truth is often stranger than fiction. It is a history of high adventure and daring, courage and humanism, be it driving through the streets of a neighbouring capital, knocking out trains, bridges and installations or swooping out of the morning skies then, with the ability to hit hard and fast, attacking and taking their leave, the devastation complete, the mission accomplished.

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