SAS: The Ambush
The True Story of One of the SAS's Most Dangerous Assault Missions
$26.98
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
‘Tony is the real deal’ Andy McNab
Sierra Leone, 2000.
While on patrol as part of a peacekeeping mission, eleven British soldiers are kidnapped.
The captors are a dangerous rebel group known as the West Side Boys. Fuelled by alcohol and drugs, the behaviour of the rebels is notoriously unpredictable. How long the soldiers have, no one knows. Rescuing them becomes the British military’s highest priority, and so they bring in the SAS for Operation Barras, a mission that …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035419630 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035419637 |
| Author: | Tony Hoare |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Tallis Street Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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About The Author
Tony Hoare
Tony Hoare joined the Army Cadets at the age of 13, where he learned to fire a gun. He signed up for the Infantry on his 17th birthday and enlisted into the Royal Green Jackets. He passed SAS selection in 1978 and, with them, went on multiple tours and trained numerous recruits, including Andy McNab.
Since leaving the Army in 1996, he has undertaken security and consultation on various highly dangerous projects, including a stint as a UN Security Officer in South Sudan. His first book, Born For War, retold his story of the Falklands War and was a WHSmith Travel Book of the Month.
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