David Stirling: SAS hero or fraud?
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The Myth of David Sterling and the Phantom Major
The myth that needs to be challenged is that david sterling was the sole founder and inspiration of the specialise vice. Thet fundamental to vistoris is paddy maine. Blair maine, the second in command s a s who sterling was afraid of and was envious of. Do you feel this myth came about throughThrough the publication of the phantom major? And and have subsequent books, t v programs, built on on the myth from the phantommajor? Yes, it was very much paddy mained throughout. I'll refer to paddy main as paddy maina throughout.
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