DAGGERS DRAWN - Second World War Heroes of the SAS and SBS by Morgan, Mike

Alan Sutton, UK first edition, 2000, VG/VG condition, hard bound w/dj, 6x9, 236 pages, illus, maps, list of all honours and Awards, bibliog, index. -----------------------------This book has been written to emphasise the extraordinary courage and outstanding deeds of valour carried out by members of the Special Air Service and Special Boat Service during the Second World War. Its purpose is to bring together in one exciting volume some of the best-known characters involved and the amazing true stories of their hair-raising action behind enemy lines, together with some brand new ones. As we forge ahead into a new millennium, the likelihood is that the world will never again see such a terrible, protracted land war as the Second World War, or such a proliferation of colourful, die-hard Special Forces soldiers. Their superhuman deeds, often accomplished hundreds of miles behind enemy lines with little more than small arms, knives and delayed action bombs with which to defend themselves, are now passing into legend.--------------------------------The successors to the wartime originals, the current SAS and SBS, have embraced modern technology and highly sophisticated techniques to become the envy of the world, in roles often very different from those of their forefathers, including counter-terrorism and hostage-busting. When called upon, however, they have shown that they are capable of similar acts of daring and brave ferocity in hand-to-hand firefights all over the globe, as events have proved in the Gulf, Kosovo and many other hot spots.---------------------------------It must be stressed that this compilation of tales of these outstanding individuals does not ,pretend to record the full extent of the bravery shown by the SAS and SBS during the Second World War. Many incredible feats of courage went un-witnessed or unrecorded and so have not passed into the public domain.