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CONNOR, KEN: : GHOSTS: AN ILLUSTRATED STORY OF THE SAS

LONDON.CASSELL & CO.,2000.

ISBN 0304352489.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear to bottom edges; top edges with some creasing,a tiny snick and bumping with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/ backstrip to edges and corners - no other nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,and generally sharp-cornered (excepting top,front corner - minimally bumped),original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a dark blue headband and immaculate plain dark grey endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-224pp [paginated] includes publishing details recto of title page,author's foreword,5 chapters/sections and an epilogue, with profuse contemporary b/w+ colour photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,a glossary and index; plus [unpaginated] half-title page and b/w vignette photographic illustrated title page. 'GHOSTS: AN ILLUSTRATED STORY OF THE SAS.' is the history of this legendary Regiment as told by one of its longest serving soldiers.Ken Connor knows and tells the real story of the SAS.The level of detail,the nature of the revelations,the insider's perspective,and the authority of the author along with over 120 rare and unique illustrations all combine to make this book very special.Ken Connor served in the SAS for 23 years,he played a vital role in the setting up of one of the Regiment's key units, had a higher security clearance than his commanding officer and was party to information that was denied to 99% of serving members of the Regiment. Here are dramatic eye-witness accounts from some of the most famous actions of the SAS,but what Ken Connor also describes are those actions and events that until now have never been revealed in their entirety and true colours.He tells it how it really was - in Malaya fighting the rebels,in Borneo taking out the Indonesian insurgents,the war against the IRA.This is what really happened at the Iranian Embassy siege,in the Falklands War and the Gulf War.And always there was the Cold War: probing the Soviet enemy,ready for the big one when it comes.Each operation is set out against its political and military background,while through the stories on individual SAS men,we see how the soldiers in the Regiment lived and worked,their equipment, the methods of insertion and extraction,the specialist training,the hostile encounters and the fire-fights.Ken Connor tellingly describes the pressures on these men and on their wives and families - with the SAS away on operations and no links to home for months at a time. With an in-depth analysis that only he is qualified to give,Ken Connor provides the first real and complete picture of the SAS and its history. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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