If there was ever anyone who went a little further, a little beyond, it was Alastair MacKenzie. In a career spanning 30 years, MacKenzie served uniquely with the New Zealand Army in Vietnam, the British Parachute Regiment, the British Special Air Service (SAS), the South African Defence Force's famed "ParaBats", the Sultan of Oman's Special Forces and a host of private security agencies and defence contractors. MacKenzie lived the soldier's life to the full as he journeyed "the Golden Road to Samarkand". This extraordinary new work from the author of "Special Force. The Untold Story of 22nd Special Air Service Regiment (SAS)" vividly documents the experience of infantry combat in Vietnam, life with the Paras, the tempo of selection for UK Special Forces, covert SAS operations in South Armagh and SAS Counter Terrorist training on the UK mainland, vehicle-mounted Pathfinder Brigade insertions into Angola and maritime counter-terrorism work in Oman.
Group
Books
State
Second Hand
Author
Mackenzie, Alastair
Title
Pilgrim Days. A Lifetime of Soldiering from Vietnam to the SAS
Details
English text, paperback, 16 plates with bw- and colour photos. Oxford: Osprey Publishing 2019. 288 pages.
