The first ever authorised history of the SAS, based on secret SAS archives and acclaimed author Ben Macintyre. At the height of the battle in the Western Desert in the summer of 1941, a bored and eccentric young commander, David Stirling, has a vision for a new sort of combat: attacking the enemy from behind their own lines. Winston Churchill personally grants Stirling permission to recruit the toughest, sharpest, and most vicious soldiers he can find, against the strong resistance of many in British High Command. So begins the most famous and enigmatic military organisation in the world: the SAS. SAS: Rogue provides unprecedented access to SAS secret files, previously unseen footage, and unique interviews with its founding members.