* Commando Country looks at the variety of establishments (mostly Highland shooting lodges) set up during the Second World War for special service training.

* The book describes the use made of the landscape and coastline and of specialist civilian skills such as stalking and mountaineering.

* The story involves famous names such as:
   - author Gavin Maxwell
   - actor David Niven
   - polar explorer Martin Lindsay
   - founder of the SAS David Stirling
   - Special Operations Executive agent Violet Szabo.

* Conveying the atmosphere of Highland locations, the book makes use of photographs and personal testimony collected from those involved.


Additional Information

Published by: NMS Enterprises Limited - Publishing 2007, reprinted three times
Author: Stuart Allan
Paperback
Pages: 256
Illustrations: 20 colour + 40 b/w
Dimensions: 235 x 156 mm
ISBN: 978 1 905267 14 9

Stuart Allan is curator at the National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle.