Sas Secret War

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Summary: this is NOT a novel
Review: this book is about an obscure (to Americans) low-level conflict in the nation of Oman, south of Saudi Arabia. The war, fought from the late 60's through the mid 70's involved a marxist rebel force hiding out in the jebel terrain of western Oman and an irregular native force called firquats that were trained and led by the British Special Air Service. Tony Jeapes was commander of SAS forces at two different points during the war and his narrative covers the issues of raising, training and cooperating with simple muslim soldiers. All the events described actually occured-this is NOT a novel as the previous reviewer claims. In fact this book is still used in Britains Sandhurst Military Academy and in the United States Army as a model for counter-insurgency and low-level conflict. General Jeapes is not a professional writer but his style is simple and readable, conveying accurate information about special forces issues and activities. This book is very relevent today, especially with regards to Afganistan.

Rating:
Summary: this is NOT a novel
Review: this book is about an obscure (to Americans) low-level conflict in the nation of Oman, south of Saudi Arabia. The war, fought from the late 60's through the mid 70's involved a marxist rebel force hiding out in the jebel terrain of western Oman and an irregular native force called firquats that were trained and led by the British Special Air Service. Tony Jeapes was commander of SAS forces at two different points during the war and his narrative covers the issues of raising, training and cooperating with simple muslim soldiers. All the events described actually occured-this is NOT a novel as the previous reviewer claims. In fact this book is still used in Britains Sandhurst Military Academy and in the United States Army as a model for counter-insurgency and low-level conflict. General Jeapes is not a professional writer but his style is simple and readable, conveying accurate information about special forces issues and activities. This book is very relevent today, especially with regards to Afganistan.

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Summary: Use of diction and overall review
Review: Writer Tony Jeapes is very talented in war fair. He needs to help readers understand his writing a little better. He uses hard military diction that an average civilian cannot understand. These terms make the novel very real. one convenience to the hard diction is the word bank in the back of the book. The reader's often find himself or herself flipping to the back just about once every paragraph. To find the meannig of his text.
Tony tells the story in the first person point of view which adds to the realness, because you see everything through his eyes. The Author also uses overwhelming detail. Infact the detail is so overwhelming that the reader tends to loose track of the plot of the novel.
this novel was published for all war veterans of any kind because they may be able to relate to this novel. this book also would be interesting to young people aspiring to be in the armed forces. this book would not be appealing for anyone looking for a fictional heroism novel. This book is very non-fictional.