Desperate Glory - At War in Helmand with Britain's 16 Air Assault Brigade

Zusatztext 'A vivid writer! not afraid of physicality! able to depict in words a scene that would never be shown on television. He writes fiercely in the just causes of men at war' Informationen zum Autor Award-winning journalist Sam Kiley has covered wars and insurgencies in more than thirty countries over the last twenty years. Educated at Oxford University, he joined The Times in 1987, and since 1990 has worked as a foreign correspondent all over the world, most notably in Africa, where he won acclaim for his coverage of conflicts in the Congo, Somalia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. He has worked extensively in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taleban and has made more than twenty television films for Channel Four, Sky 1 and the BBC. He is a frequent contributor to the Mail on Sunday , the Evening Standard , the Observer, The Times and the Spectator . Married and a father of two, Sam Kiley lives in the countryside of East Anglia.'A vivid rifle-sight's view of the war, and probably the best battlefield account yet of the British in Afghanistan' Economist Zusammenfassung In the dust and blazing heat of Helmand, the young men of 16 Air Assault Brigade find themselves in the most relentless battles faced by British troops in recent history. This title presents a portrait of the reality of war - the bombs, the shooting and the daily struggles that push them to the very limit of human endurance.

Product details

• Authors: Sam Kiley, Kiley Sam
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.05.2010
• EAN: 9781408801239
• ISBN: 978-1-4088-0123-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Afghanistan, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, c 2000 to c 2009, Modern warfare, True war and combat stories, Biography: historical, political and military, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Specific wars and campaigns, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Afghan War (2001-2021)