Company Commander

Informationen zum Autor Major Russell Lewis MC was commissioned in to the Parachute Regiment in 1994. He has served three tours in Northern Ireland, one in Kosovo, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan in 2008, after which he was awarded the Military Cross. Klappentext In 2008 Major Russell Lewis commanded a company of two hundred soldiers from the British Army's legendary Parachute Regiment on a six-month tour in the most dangerous part of Afghanistan. Company Commander is his story, a riveting first-person account of incredible bravery, telling what it is like to have 200 Paras depending on you constantly, to make decisions which can and do cost lives, to see men under your command killed and injured and being under the most intense pressure imaginable every minute of every day for six long months. Company Commander is a true leader's story - a unique and vivid mix of front-line battles and strategic decision making and an intensely personal and inspiring account of a tour in the most perilous theatre of war on the planet. Zusammenfassung An account of incredible bravery, telling what it is like to have 200 Paras depending on you constantly, to make decisions which can and do cost lives, to see men under your command killed and injured and being under the most intense pressure imaginable every minute of every day for six long months.

Product details

• Authors: Russell Lewis, Lewis Russell
• Publisher: Virgin Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.05.2013
• EAN: 9780753540312
• ISBN: 978-0-7535-4031-2
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Afghanistan, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, HISTORY / Military / Afghan War (2001-), HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, Modern warfare, Special & elite forces, Special and elite forces, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Afghan War, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Specific wars and campaigns