Sas: Phantoms of War: A History of the Australian Special Air Service
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Book Overview
This definitive history recounts the secretive operations and strategies of one of the world's most elite fighting forces. The Special Air Service (SAS) operated deep behind enemy lines, conducting surveillance at close range, poised to spring into action at a moment's notice. This Australian military classic tells the story of the formation of the military known to the Viet Cong as "phantoms of the jungle," its secret role in Borneo during confrontation with Indonesia, and its operations in Vietnam. After its involvement in Vietnam, the SAS formed a crack counter-terrorist force that saw action in Somalia, Kuwait, and East Timor and in the security of the 2000 Olympic Games.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1865086479
ISBN13:9781865086477
Release Date:September 2002
Publisher:Allen & Unwin
Length:616 Pages
Weight:0.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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A proud history
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
I found this book very pleasing, as it provides an excellent history of Australia's elite and very secretive Special Air Service. The Vietnam aspect of the book interested me most, and it is not often that an enemy in war offers such a complimentary nickname, such as the Vietnamese referring to the SAS as "phantoms of the jungle." This book inspired me to have a character in one of my own novels to have an SAS background. Nicholas R.W. Henning - Australian Author
A great book about the SASR
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
The boook I have is called SAS Phantoms of the Jungle, which I purchased in New Zealand. Phantoms of the Jungle refers to the 1989 published version of this book. Phantoms of War is an updated book that includes the 1990s until almost present day. The Australian involvement in Vietnam is a little known fact to many Americans now a days. Which is unfortunate because they played a vital and heroic role in that war. The SAS played a vital part in that war and like American special forces it was one of the events that would define the unit and what it would become. Phantoms of the Jungle is a history of the Australian SASR from their founding in 25th July 1957 until the mid 80. Its a book full of facts, and reads as a history, not a best selling war novel. With that in mind it is a great look into a unit that until the war in Afghanistan was little known to the majority of Americans.
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