Special Ops Heroes

Special Ops Heroes

True stories of exceptional bravery behind enemy lines
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Special Ops Heroes

Special Ops Heroes

True stories of exceptional bravery behind enemy lines

Special Ops Heroes tells the stories behind Lord Ashcroft’s collection of Special Forces medals and is the fifth book in his bravery series.

It uses new material from diaries, eyewitness accounts, medal citations, letters, unpublished books and interviews with the medal recipients themselves to tell remarkable tales of gallantry.

The Foreword to the book has been written by Andy McNab, the SAS hero turned best-selling writer. He says Special Ops Heroes tells “amazing stories of courage” and he describes the book as “a page-turner”.

The book tells of some of the actions of the “SAS Originals” during the Second World War and also recounts stories from later twentieth century conflicts including Northern Ireland, the Falklands War and the First Gulf War.

Lord Ashcroft is, once again, determined to champion courage with his latest book and is giving a complimentary copy of Special Ops Heroes to all the 6,000 secondary school in the UK.

Furthermore, he is donating all his author’s royalties from the sale of Special Ops Heroes to two military charities: the Special Air Service (SAS) Regimental Association and Walking With The Wounded.

Lord Ashcroft has amassed a collection of more than 100 groups of Special Forces medals.In his new book, he recounts the inspirational stories behind more than 50 new groups of gallantry and service medals that have been added to his collection since the publication of his book Special Forces Heroes six years ago.

Paperback
Print Length: 352 Pages
ISBN: 1472223950
Publication Date: 4 June 2015
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Hardback
Print Length: 352 Pages
ISBN: 1472223969
Publication Date: 6 November 2014
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eBook
Language: English
ISBN: B00NLHJPVY
Publication Date: 4 June 2015
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Micheal Ashcroft
The man behind the book

LORD ASHCROFT KCMG PC is an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. He is a former deputy chairman and former treasurer of the Conservative Party and is founder and chairman of the board of trustees at Crimestoppers. He is chairman of the trustees of Ashcroft Technology Academy and a former trustee of the Imperial War Museum. Lord Ashcroft has a lifelong interest in bravery and has built up the world’s largest collection of Victoria Crosses, currently standing at more than 200 decorations. His many charitable donations linked to gallantry and the Armed Forces include more than £5 million for a new gallery bearing his name at the Imperial War Museum, London. The gallery is home to the author’s Victoria Cross and George Cross collection as well as those decorations in the care of the IWM. Lord Ashcroft is also a political biographer who has written books on David Cameron, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer.