Special Force

ISBN: 9781848850712 出版年：2011 页码：369 Alastair MacKenzie Bloomsbury Publishing

The exploits of the British Army's elite 22nd Special Air Service Regiment - the regiment of the SAS that forRegular army - are shrouded in mystery and myths abound about its members. Btruth behind the public facade of clinical professionalism? How has such a small regiment attracted so many weighty legends? Apurpose of the SAS in the 21st century? "Special Force" provides an original and unusually critical overview of the activities of the SAS from the Malayan Emergency presecontext of a detailed and often controversial analysis of the post-war activities of the Regiment, MacKenzie establishes that the Regiment's almost legendary professional competence is often not backed up by reality. Far from being part of a structured deployment of strategic military assets, MacKenzie argues that the use of the SAS in recent years has been primarily driven by the 'entrepreneurial' actions of a few SAS commanding officers. "Special Force" na revelatory history of the SAS in the modern period, it is also a disturbing expose of the truth behind the myth.It will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in the British military - past, present and future.