David Stirling
Sir Archibald David Stirling, (15 November 1915 – 4 November 1990) was a Scottish officer in the British Army and the founder and creator of the Special Air Service (SAS). Under his leadership, the SAS carried out hit-and-run raids behind the Axis lines of the North African campaign. He saw active service during the Second World War until he was captured in January 1943. He spent the rest of the war in captivity, despite making several attempts to escape.Stirling left the Regular Army in 1947. He founded the Capricorn Africa Society, which aimed to fight racial discrimination in Africa, but Stirling's preference to a limited, elitist voting franchise over universal suffrage limited the movement's appeal. He subsequently formed various private military companies and was linked with a failed attempt to overthrow the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the early 1970s. He also attempted to organise efforts to undermine trades unionism and to overthrow the British government, none of which made significant headway. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1990, and died later the same year. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by Yasmeen Naz Panhwar, Fazel Naghdy, Golshah Naghdy, David Stirling, Janette PotterGet full text
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5by David Stirling, Andrew Hursthouse, Margaret Mullin, Jesus M. de la Fuente, Pablo del Pino, Carol Anne Smith, Suman Chaudhary, Catherine C. BerryGet full text
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6by Hataf Khan, Rebecca P Sumner, Jane Rasaiyaah, Choon Ping Tan, Maria Teresa Rodriguez-Plata, Chris Van Tulleken, Douglas Fink, Lorena Zuliani-Alvarez, Lucy Thorne, David Stirling, Richard SB Milne, Greg J TowersGet full text
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7by Sharyn Thomas, Fiyaz Mohammed, Rogier M. Reijmers, Annemarie Woolston, Theresa Stauss, Alan Kennedy, David Stirling, Angelika Holler, Louisa Green, David Jones, Katherine K. Matthews, David A. Price, Benjamin M. Chain, Mirjam H. M. Heemskerk, Emma C. Morris, Benjamin E. Willcox, Hans J. StaussGet full text
Published 2019-10-01
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8by Telmo Morato, Telmo Morato, Christopher K. Pham, Christopher K. Pham, Laurence Fauconnet, Laurence Fauconnet, Gerald H. Taranto, Gerald H. Taranto, Giovanni Chimienti, Giovanni Chimienti, Erik Cordes, Carlos Dominguez-Carrió, Carlos Dominguez-Carrió, Pablo Durán Muñoz, Hronn Egilsdottir, José-Manuel González-Irusta, José-Manuel González-Irusta, José-Manuel González-Irusta, Anthony Grehan, Dierk Hebbeln, Lea-Anne Henry, Georgios Kazanidis, Ellen Kenchington, Lenaick Menot, Tina N. Molodtsova, Covadonga Orejas, Berta Ramiro-Sánchez, Berta Ramiro-Sánchez, Manuela Ramos, Manuela Ramos, J. Murray Roberts, Luís Rodrigues, Luís Rodrigues, Steve W. Ross, José L. Rueda, Mar Sacau, David Stirling, Marina Carreiro-Silva, Marina Carreiro-SilvaGet full text
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