Michael Scott served in the British Army infantry for 35 years, latterly as a colonel in the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment. Overseas tours of duty included Gibraltar, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia. He also saw active service in numerous theaters including Northern Ireland, Congo, Iraq, Sudan, Djibouti and Somaliland. His final appointment was Defence Attaché covering the Horn of Africa. Trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he has university degrees from King’s College London, and Newcastle Upon Tyne. His books include From Churchill’s SAS to Hitler’s Waffen-SS, Tigers at War, Special Forces Commander, and The Royal Rifle Volunteers. He lives with his wife between East Africa and the UK.
