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A fastpaced, dramatic, funny and occasionally disturbing account. Peter ratcliffe is the author of eye of the storm 4. Peter ratcliffe, dcm born 1951 is a former british army soldier who served in the parachute regiment and the special air service in a career of almost thirty years, during which he was awarded the distinguished conduct medal for gallantry in action during the gulf war. Ratcliffe further wrote in his own book, eye of the storm, i was somewhat taken aback by many of mcnabs anecdotes. Peter ratcliffe dcm is an author and former regimental sergeant major with the special air service sas. He has been deployed in a number of operations including in oman, the falklands, and iraq, and served with the sas for 25 years. Read eye of the storm, by peter ratcliffe online on bookmate peter ratcliffe served in the sas for twentyfive years. Twentyfive years in action with the sas by ratcliffe, peter isbn. Eye of the storm by peter ratcliffe read online on bookmate. This book is packed with the details of sas selection and training, info.
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