Book description
More than half a century after his death, Lt Col. Robert Blair Mayne
is still regarded as one of the greatest soldiers in the history of
military special operations. He was the most decorated British soldier
of the Second World War, receiving four DSOs, the Croix de Guerre and
the Légion d'honneur, and he pioneered tactics used today by the SAS
and other special operations units worldwide.
Rogue Warrior of the SAS tells the remarkable life story of
'Colonel Paddy', whose exceptional physical strength and uniquely
swift reflexes made him a fearsome opponent. But his unorthodox rules
of war and his resentment of authority would deny him the ultimate
accolade of the Victoria Cross.
Drawing on personal letters and family papers, declassified SAS
files and records, together with the Official SAS Diary compiled in
wartime and eyewitness accounts from many who served with him, the
picture emerges of a soldier who, although a flawed hero, was
unquestionably one of the most distinctive combatants of the campaigns
in the Western Desert and Europe.
Martin Dillon is also the author of several other books, including
The Trigger Men, The Shankill Butchers, God and the
Gun and The Dirty War. He has been described by the
Irish Times as 'one of the most creative writers of our time'.
The late Roy Bradford served with Army Intelligence during the
Second World War and subsequently worked as a TV producer and writer.
He was the author of two novels, Excelsior and The Last Ditch.
