'THE REGIMENT IS THE MAN, AND THE MAN IS THE REGIMENT'

Michael Asher's The Regiment focuses on the men who developed the Special Air Service in World War Two from its early days as a small raiding force, through its brilliant but costly successes during the invasion of Italy, to its guerrilla operations after D-Day.

Tracing the revival of the SAS in the post-war world under eccentric genius 'Mad Mike' Calvert to its staggering achievements as a counter-insurgency force, Asher reconstructs some of its greatest action with heart-stopping descriptions.

He also probes some of the myths surrounding the SAS and examines the real factors and ideas that have made the Special Sir Service the world's most feared fighting force.