Who Dares Wins...

For the soldiers and officers of Australia's Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment, this is not just their professional motto, but a creed that shapes their lives. The SAS is among the world's most respected special forces units, a crack team of men from the Australian Defence Force who can be relied upon to handle the most difficult, strategically sensitive and dangerous of military tasks.

This thrilling insight into the way Australia's

SAS soldiers are selected and trained reveals fascinating details about recent SAS deployments, including East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Amazing SAS draws on interviews with General Peter Cosgrove, Prime Minister John Howard, Chief of Army Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, former SAS commanding officers Gus Gilmore and Tim McOwan, and many SAS soldiers and officers.

Journalist lan McPhedran - currently the chief defence writer for News Limited - was granted unprecedented access to the men and methods of the SAS during the writing of this book. The result is a candid, exhilarating and extraordinarily impressive account of our top soldiers, and of their valour, humour, skill and success.