The Elite, The Story of The Rhodesian Special Air Services by Barbara Cole

Soft cover, 450 pages
Condition: Damaged corners to some pages and the cover.
No text or photographs are damaged.

About the book:

"This is the first book to detail the secret exploits of this elite regiment and it has been based on rare first-hand interviews with operators themselves. Some of their exploits may seem far-fetched, even impossible, but then, truth is often stranger than fiction."

The Rhodesian Special Air Service, one of the most formidable fighting forces in the world, operated almost exclusively across the border 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, they were operating without benefit of passport in all three neighbouring black territories at the same time.  Long before the war escalated and the whole region became their batttlefield, secret clandestine missions across the border were undertaken by Special Air Service operators. Later, when the situation intensified, they were responsible for some of the most audacious and highly sensitive missions of the war.