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(0)Gavin Mortimer
Author
Publisher
Constable
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Established in June 1940, the Long Range Desert Group was the inspiration of scientist and soldier Major Ralph Bagnold, a contemporary of T.E. Lawrence who, in the inter-war years, explored the North African desert in a Model T Ford automobile. Mortimer takes us from the founding of the LRDG, through their treacherous journey across the Egyptian Sand Sea and beyond, offering a hitherto unseen glimpse into the heart of this most courageous organisation,...
Author
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Using photographs and archival material, interviews with surviving veterans who have never before gone on record regarding their wartime exploits, and special access to the SAS archives, Gavin Mortimer tells the story of the origins and dramatic operations of Britain's first ever special forces unit.
Author
Publisher
Constable
Pub. Date
2023
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Description
In this gripping and controversial biography Gavin Mortimer analyses Stirling's complex character: the childhood speech impediment that shaped his formative years, the pressure from his overbearing mother, his fraught relationship with his brother, Bill, and the jealousy and inferiority he felt in the presence of his SAS second-in-command, the cold-blooded killer Paddy Mayne. Stirling lived until old age, receiving a knighthood and plaudits from military...
Author
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub. Date
2004
Description
A history book that reads like a novel, 'Stirling's Men' investigates the story of the SAS from its creation by David Stirling to the last battles of World War 2. This account was officially supported by veterans and is based on their unique first-hand testimony.