Storm Front - Couverture rigide

White, Rowland

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0593064348 ISBN 13 : 9780593064344

Editeur : Bantam Press, 2011

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Catapulting us from the cockpits of heavily armed, low-level attack jets to the beating heart of elite Special Forces soldiers under siege, Storm Front tells this epic story as only the author of Vulcan 607 can. It's as vivid and compelling as the best adventure thriller, and a fitting tribute to a small band of men who became heroes" (Andy McNab)

"Gripping, revealing and extraordinarily well-researched, Storm Front is a riveting new account of a little known, but crucial war. Combining page-turning military action in the air and on the ground with a clear-sighted understanding of the big picture it brings to life the campaign in Oman more vividly than any other book I've read" (Sir Ranulph Fiennes)

"The best account I've ever read of this legendary battle. Takes you right to the heart of the action" (Sgt Dan Mills, author of "Sniper One")

"This is a rare insight into the battle that defined the modern SAS. Storm Front is the best book you will read this year" (Tim Collins)

"I loved Storm Front. A period of history - and more particularly a single shining moment - that has been obscured by myth and legend. Here is the truth of it all at last in all its spine-tingling, spine-straightening glory" (Neil Oliver)

Présentation de l'éditeur

In early 1970, the Commanding Officer of 22 SAS flew into the strategically critical Sultanate of Oman on a covert intelligence mission to monitor a Communist rebellion threatening the Arabian Peninsula. Within six months, the Regiment arrived in theatre to lead a fierce, secret war against the rebels, reinforced by an elite band of RAF pilots flying out of a remote airbase in the desert.

But for the British soldiers and airmen, it was to be no easy victory. And despite confronting the largest assault force ever deployed by the SAS, many months later the enemy were still far from beaten. Something had to give.

Then at dawn on July 19th, 1972, and without warning, a force of nearly 300 heavily armed, well-trained guerillas attacked the little fishing port of Mirbat. Between them and glory stood a team of just nine SAS men, aided only by the skill of the fighter pilots overhead. It was to be an epic encounter; a modern day Rorke's Drift. Their heroism that day would become SAS legend.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bantam Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0593064348
• ISBN 13: 9780593064344
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448