Fighting Scared - My Life in the SAS

Zusatztext Robin Horsfall shot and killed One of the leading terrorists inside theIranian Embassy when the SAS stormed the building. He served with the SASduring the Falklands war and on subsequent counter-terrorist operations.He tells his personal odyssey from boy-soldier to paratrooper with insightand wisdom. His enemies were not just terrorists: he fought the institutionalizedbrutality of the Parachute Regiment - and his own inner demons. He learnedthe difference between physical and moral courage; between officers whoexpect you to be ready to die for them! and those who actually want youto get killed so they can win a medal. Robin reveals some painful truths!not least the ordinary SAS men's view of General de la Billiere and hisorders for a kamikaze mission to Argentina. Klappentext SAS memoir by one of the leading combatants in the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege. Gives an insight into the personality of Peter de la Billiere and the institutionalised brutality of the parachute regiment.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robin Horsfall
• Verlag: Cassell Plc
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 08.07.2003
• EAN: 9780304364626
• ISBN: 978-0-304-36462-6
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Serien: CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS; CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Sachbuch