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In Helmand province in July 2006, Major Adam Jowett was given command of Easy Company, a hastily assembled and under-strength unit of Paras and Royal Irish rangers. Their mission was to hold the District Centre of Musa Qala at any cost. Easy Company found themselves in a ramshackle compound, cut off and heavily outnumbered by the Taliban in the town. In 'No Way Out,' Adam evokes the heat and chaos of battle as the Taliban hit Easy Company with wave...
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Bantam
Pub. Date
2009
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'Spoken From The Front' will tell the stories of what Andy McNab describes as 'modern-day heroes fighting modern-day wars'. It will recount the courage and hardship of British servicemen and support staff as they have faced the unique difficulties posed by the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan.
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Osprey Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
Description
During their tour of Afghanistan in 2008, a number of soldiers kept personal diaries of their experiences. Now, for the first time, these diaries have been brought together to provide a gripping first-hand account of life in the front line of modern warfare.
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Orion
Pub. Date
2012
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In May 1943, 617 Squadron RAF executed one of the most daring operations in military history. Flying barely 50 feet above the sea, Wing Commander Guy Gibson and his bombers mounted a raid against hydro-electric dams in Germany. Nearly 70 years later in April 2011, a new generation of elite flyers followed their heroes into the theatre of war.
6) War
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Fourth Estate
Pub. Date
2010
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'War' is a narrative about combat: the fear of dying, the trauma of killing and the love between platoon-mates who would rather die than let each other down. Honest and intense, it explores the neurological, psychological and social elements of combat, and the incredible bonds that form between these small groups of men.
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The Bodley Head
Pub. Date
2017
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British and US forces could have successfully withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2002, having done the job they set out to do: to defeat al-Qaeda and stop it from launching further terrorist attacks against the West. Instead, British troops became part of a larger international effort to stabilise the country. Yet over the following 13 years the British military paid a heavy price for their presence in Helmand province; and when Western troops departed...
8) War dog
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Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2013
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Told through the eyes of Jamie, an amputee veteran, 'War Dog' is the story of Lance Corporal Sam Maguire, part of a bomb disposal squad in Afghanistan, and the springer spaniel sniffer dog Charlie who becomes his best friend.
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Verso
Pub. Date
2013
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When the War on Terror began, Briton Joe Glenton felt compelled to serve his nation. He passed through basic training and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2006. What he saw overseas left him disillusioned, and he returned home manifesting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and becoming increasingly politicized. When he refused to return for a second tour, he was denied his right to object and called a 'coward and malingerer'. He went absent...
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2012
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Drawing on over 100 interviews with Afghan politicians, businessmen and ordinary people - as well highlighting the roles played by British, American and European diplomats and soldiers - Sandy Gall shines fresh light on the challenges presented by the Taliban.
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Seven Arches
Pub. Date
2014
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Written in 22 quatrains, this poem tells the story of a child whose father is a sergeant in the British army, sent out to fight in Afghanistan. Seen entirely through the eyes of the child, the reasons for the adults' actions are only partly understood. His (or her) home, mum, dad, family members and friends are the child's world and the people who live in Afghanistan are shadowy figures he or she does not understand. The climax comes when the 'big...
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Sphere
Pub. Date
2014
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In June 2005, four US Navy SEALs left Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill an Al Qaeda leader known to be in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less than 24 hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs was alive. This is the story of sole survivor Marcus Luttrell.
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Ebury
Pub. Date
2010
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This is Pen Farthing's gripping account of his time in Now Zad, the friends he made there and the remarkable journey they - and he - undertook. Above all, it is the story of one man's courage and humanity and his fight to make a difference in the most hostile and dangerous environment - one dog at a time.
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History
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Between 2006 and 2010 journalist Nick Allen travelled to Afghanistan to 'embed' himself with soldiers on the front line in the war against the Taliban. This is his first-hand account of military operations from the battlefields of Hellmand and Kandahar, to the so-called 'backwaters' of the Afghan conflict.
20) Crossfire
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Tom Forsyth returns to Lambourn, his childhood home, after being badly wounded by an IED in Afghanistan. Never having seen eye to eye with his racehorse trainer mother, Tom doesn't expect a hero's welcome, but even he's not prepared for the reception that awaits him.