About the Author

General Tony Jeapes joined the SAS in 1958 and continued to serve with them for the next nineteen years. He later became an instructor specializing in teaching counter-insurgency tactics and from 1974 to 1977 he went on to command 2nd SAS Regiment, during which time they were involved in active service both in Oman and Northern Ireland. General Jeapes was awarded the Military Cross in 1959 and made an OBE in 1977.