The British SAS is one of the last quiet professionals in the highest level of military units. American Delta Force is derived from the SAS ethos and training. These are their tales.

Huge war buff so this one was a no brainer for me.

I enjoyed the story telling of these characters and what happened leading up to Desert Storm. This book is well written, well researched and uses fictitious names (obviously). I enjoyed the stories about Cambodia, Kuwait and even operations on the Australian mainland.

Thank you to NetGalley and Pen & Sword for this ARC. All opinions are my own.

This book is based on the exploits of a number of members of the Australian SAS. Like the British SAS, the group is a super-secretive special forces unit who operate anywhere in the world where Australia’s interests are threatened.
I found the chapter on their role in the Vietnam war particularly interesting.
The author’s writing style can be quite challenging to read and it is difficult to tell the difference between fact and fiction. Disappointingly, I decided to stop reading the book after the author described fitting two Blackhawk helicopters in a C130J aircraft - this is an utter impossibility. A C130 can only transport one Blackhawk, and that is only possible following major dismantling. The unrefueled range of a Blackhawk is also far greater than described in the book.
The descriptions and terminology of the various oil installations and associated vessels is quite accurate and the author has clearly undertaken some detailed research.
I am aware that virtually any book with the initials ‘SAS ‘ in it's title will sell pretty well. The Australian SF stories need to be told,

I have read The SAS ‘Deniables’ Special Forces Operations, denied by the Authorities, from Vietnam to the War on Terror by Tony may. This book caught my interest because I have a fascination for the war in Vietnam. Sadly the only connection is that some of the characters have served in Vietnam so it's only mentioned in passing. On the other hand the book is very interesting because it tells some of the stories involving people not actively serving doing undercover work for the Australian government. We get to follow the charaters in some conflicts around the world, such as intelligence gathering in Kuwait leading up to Desert Storm and also in Somalia where they had some difficulties getting out. We also learn of an operation on the mainland of Australia against some suspected terrorists. I found the actions involving East Timor in the seventies the most interesting because I had not read much about that conflict. I do wonder though where the parts about Cambodia, rescuing some french tourists, blue on blue shooting and activities in Vietnam disappeared? There is a map of cambodia and some pictures in the book that has no connection with the stories in it. The book is well written and I feel that it is well researched and I understand why the author uses fictive names on the people involved. If you like me is interested in the gray side of military operations in history I strongly recommend this book. I must thank @netgalley #NetGalley and @penswordbooks #PenAndSwordBooks for giving me this advance copy of #TheSASDeniables and #TonyMay for writing it.

A non fiction book about a little known event during Vietnam War in which Australia sent members of the Australian Army Special Services (SAS) soldiers to Cambodia. In agreement with the United States. Needless to say this was also another event in American history that I knew nothing about no surprise there. This book was very informative and eye opening.