More than half a century after his death Lt Col. Robert Blair Mayne is still regarded as one of the greatest soldiers in the history of military special operations. He was the most decorated British soldier of the Second World War receiving four DSOs the Croix de Guerre & the Legion dhonneur & he pioneered tactics used today by the SAS & other special operations units worldwide. Rogue Warrior of the SAS" tells the remarkable life story of Colonel Paddy whose exceptional physical strength & uniquely swift reflexes made him a fearsome opponent. But his unorthodox rules of war & his resentment of authority would deny him the ultimate accolade of the Victoria Cross. Drawing on personal letters & family papers declassified SAS files & records together with the Official SAS Diary compiled in wartime & eyewitness accounts from many who served with him the picture emerges of a soldier who although a flawed hero was unquestionably one of the most distinctive combatants of the campaigns in the Western Desert & Europe."