WORLD WAR II HISTORIAN GAVIN MORTIMER EXAMINES THE PIVOTAL EVENTS OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS MILITARY UNITS OF ALL TIME. STARTING WITH THE UNIT`S FORMATION IN JULY 1941, MORTIMER RECREATES THE HEADY DAYS WHEN A YOUNG SCOTS` GUARD OFFICER CALLED DAVID STIRLING PERSUADED MEHQ TO GIVE ITS BACKING TO A SMALL BAND OF 60 MEN CHRISTENED `L DETACHMENT.` FROM THERE, DRAWING ON OVER 100 HOURS OF INTERVIEWS WITH VETERANS, HE DESCRIBES THE EARLY RAIDS IN THE DESERT AGAINST AXIS AIRFIELDS THAT INFLICTED A DEADLY COST ON THE ENEMY.

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