David Stirling: SAS hero or fraud?
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The Phantom Major and His Biography
David Stirling created a whole new person before and after the war. A lot of what he claimed in his life didn't actually happen. The older he got, the more he weaved this complete web of untruths. But it was in his head. It was the man he wished he had been. There's es a term now that some people may have heard of, warter mitty,. which is in the british military circles. In fact, Warter mitty leads a very mundane and ordinary life.
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