Dominic Utton

SAS – Battle Ready

True Stories from Memorable Missions Around the World

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 25/05/2023

ISBN: 9781789295290

Subject: Non-Fiction

Category: Autobiography & Memoir

Binding: Paperback

Size: 198 x 129 mm

Extent: 304 pages

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

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Summary:

The Special Air Service – the SAS – are known to be the greatest elite fighting force in the world. This book focuses on the most famous operations undertaken by the SAS from its inception during the Second World War to the present day, describing in dramatic detail the unit’s most daring and memorable missions in trouble spots across the world.

Revelatory and gripping, the author weaves together the extraordinary true stories of this brave fighting force, wherever they are in action. From missions on home shores to Iraq, Sierra Leone, the Falkland Islands, Europe, Libya, Malaya, Afghanistan and more, SAS Battle Ready brings together both the history of the unit and some of its most powerful moments.

From hostage rescues to ambushes, from sabotage to jungle warfare and from pitched battles to reconnaissance, it hasn’t always gone according to plan but the courage and devotion to duty revealed within show just what it takes to be an SAS soldier.

Sales points:

  • Dozens of true stories that show the versatility and capabilities of this unique and invaluable fighting force

  • Pieces together the history of the regiment from its inception during the Second World War

  • Specializing in roles including hostage rescue, counterterrorism, covert reconnaissance and sabotage

  • Peter Ratcliffe’s Eye of the Storm has sold hundreds of thousands of copies over several editions

  • Dominic Utton is available for pr

About the Author:

Dominic Utton

Dominic Utton is a journalist, author and novelist with over twenty years’ experience. His work has appeared in the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph, the Independent, the Sunday Times, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Elle and many other newspapers and magazines. He is based in London and Oxford.

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