Stirling's Desert Raiders
1979
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A specially illustrated Bantam War Books paperback edition previously published as The Phantom Major. True story of David Sterling and fellow Brit commandos who operated as special ops behind German lines in Africa against Rommel's troops. Originated a non-traditional type of tactics in this theatre.
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Author
Virginia Cowles
Author · 15 books
(Harriet) Virginia Spencer Cowles OBE was a noted American journalist, biographer, and travel writer. During her long career, Cowles went from covering fashion, to covering the Spanish Civil War, the turbulent period in Europe leading up to World War II, and the entire war. Her service as a correspondent was recognized by the British government with an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1947. After the war, she published a number of critically acclaimed biographies of historical figures. In 1983, while traveling with her husband in France, she was killed in an automobile accident near Biarritz.
