My guest this week is the writer and filmmaker Tom Petch, author of Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Untold Secret Origins of the SAS. It's predominantly the story of Dudley Clarke, played by Dominic West in SAS Rogue Heroes. Clarke was the brains behind so many Special Forces units that sprung up in the War - necessity being the mother of invention. We talk about him, Eric Dorman Smith, T.E. Lawrence and the modern day SAS.
Tom is also a filmmaker, and directed The Patrol, a psychological drama about a platoon of British troops up against the Taliban, so we talk a bit about that and the West's withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Tom Petch Links
Book: Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Untold Secret Origins of the SAS
Tom's film: The Patrol
Article: Were the SAS Rogue Heroes? - Aspects of History by Tom Petch
Tom on Twitter
Aspects of History Links
Article: Aspects of History The Birth of the SAS in WW2 by Gavin Mortimer
Ollie on Twitter
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