THE GOLDEN ROAD TO SAMARKAND: A speculative look at the SAS as contemporary Knights Kadosh — the State’s 30￮ hit men

A speculative look at the culture, history and political role of the Special Air Service Regiment as a warrior elite and ‘parallel enforcement body’ within the British sphere of influence. This article first appeared in 'The Cienfuegos Press Anarchist Review' Vol 1 No 6 (Summer 1982) and was reprinted in its entirety a few months later in 'Mars and Minerva', the regimental magazine of the Special Air Service Regiment, under the title 'As Others See Us' — at the request of the journal's then editor Major Clarence 'Dare' Newell.