Stirling's Men: The Inside History of the SAS in World War II

Stirling's Men: The Inside History of the SAS in World War II by Mortimer, Gavin. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780304367061.

This riveting history of the formation of Britain’s Special Air Services (SAS)and its activities through the last battles of World War IIreads like a novel. Written by a distinguished war journalist, it is the first account of the SAS officially sanctioned by the veterans and based on their unique first-hand testimony. More than 60 men who were there at the start provided personal documents on founder David Stirling and the organization he turned into the stuff of legend.