{"product_id":"9324551059265-secondhand-on-patrol-with-the-sas-sleeping-with-your-ears-open","title":"On Patrol With The Sas: Sleeping With Your Ears Open","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the dense jungles of Southeast Asia, where every shadow could conceal an enemy and every sound could mean life or death, Australia's most elite soldiers operated with lethal precision — On Patrol with the SAS: Sleeping with your ears open is the gripping, first-hand account of life inside the Australian Special Air Service Regiment. Gary McKay, a decorated Vietnam veteran and acclaimed military author, chronicles the intense training, harrowing patrols, and razor-sharp instincts demanded of SAS operatives, drawing on interviews with the soldiers themselves to present an authoritative and visceral portrait of special forces warfare. From the steaming rainforests of Borneo to the treacherous terrain of Vietnam, the narrative immerses readers in the day-to-day realities of men who lived and fought on the razor's edge, where silence was a weapon and vigilance the difference between survival and death.\n\nMcKay writes with the authority of a soldier and the craft of a seasoned storyteller, balancing technical detail with deeply human accounts of courage, camaraderie, and the psychological toll of sustained combat. The book stands as a landmark in Australian military literature, illuminating a branch of the armed forces that has long operated in deliberate obscurity, and it raises a compelling question: what truly sets apart the men who volunteer not just to serve, but to vanish into the dark — and what do they bring back with them?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572870942939,"sku":"9324551059265-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d8979c28-65eb-4fb4-9ee0-c00a5d1e27a9.png?v=1791167526","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9324551059265-secondhand-on-patrol-with-the-sas-sleeping-with-your-ears-open","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}