SAS Warlord - Softcover

'We were a legalised death squad, pure and simple. The Special Forces were not a peacetime Army. They were they soldiers who had never stopped fighting Britain s secret wars.' This long-denied unit was tasked with seeking out and shooting IRA gunmen. Gillespie, the unit s commander, gives a vivid account of the frantic nature of the unit s undercover work, records their drinking and dark humou, and conveys the incredible tension of under-cover missions in enemy territory. Assisted by IRA men who had been turned by the unit and disguised as a press photog- rapher Gillespie and his team would spend their time seeking their targets deep in enemy territory. This is the story of a man trying to stay alive a deadly game, day by day, hour by hour. British readers will scarcely believe Gillespie s account as it contradicts over a generation of British propaganda in Northern Ireland.

Jack Gillespie was the youngest ever recruit to the SAS and was associated with the Regiment for more than 30 years, serving all over the world. From the jungles of Malaysia, to the deserts of Aden, to the mean streets of Belfast, he saw it all. Due to his fearless reputation he became known as the hardest man in the regiment . His second book, covering his overall career, is published in 2012. Tom Seigrest is a Journalist.