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Peter Ratcliffe

Eye of the Storm

Twenty-Five Years In Action With The SAS

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 16/05/2019

ISBN: 9781789291384

Subject: Non-Fiction

Binding: Paperback

Size: 198 x 129 mm

Extent: 464 pages

Illustration: 16pp colour plates

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

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Summary:

Peter Ratcliffe served in the SAS for twenty-five years. Blooded in Oman in the 1970s, he also saw action in Northern Ireland, in the Falklands War, and in the Gulf campaign. From his early days in the Paras to his time as Regimental Sergeant-Major in the Gulf, he has lived and fought by the motto 'Who Dares Wins'.

Eye of the Storm is Ratcliffe's insider's account of that exceptional career. Fastpaced, earthy, dramatic, funny, occasionally disturbing, it is laced with firsthand descriptions of ferocious and bloody fighting, sudden death and incredible heroism, and peopled with a cast of extraordinary individuals. Beyond that, however, it corrects many of the distortions and exaggerations of other books, and explodes several long-standing myths about the Regiment.

Here - at last - is the authentic voice of the SAS.

Sales points:

  • The book that first exposed the myths of Bravo Two Zero

  • As the SAS's Regimental Sergeant-Major, Peter Ratcliffe led the longest and most successful operation behind Iraqi lines during the Gulf War

  • The narrative is peopled with a cast of extraordinary individuals, including soldiers who have since become household names, among them US General Schwarzkopf and General Rose

  • Packed with the arcane details of SAS selection and training, information on weapons and equipment and, where it is safe to give them, details of operations

  • This title has sold over 22,000 copies to date

About the Author:

Peter Ratcliffe

Peter Ratcliffe DCM is an author and former Regimental Sergeant Major with the Special Air Service (SAS). He has been deployed in a number of operations including in Oman, the Falklands and Iraq and served with the SAS for 25 years.

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