- British Personal narratives, Great Britain, Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service, Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service Regiment, 22nd
A classic of modern war literatureIn January 1991, eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission that was to infiltrate them deep behind enemy lines. Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they were to sever the underground communication link between Baghdad and north-west Iraq, and to seek and destroy mobile Scud launchers.
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Classical in form, earnest, relentless and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Andy McNab
- First published
- November 1, 2000
- Pages
- 416
- Publisher
- Transworld, Transworld Publishers Ltd, Corgi Adult
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9780552476256
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- British Personal narratives
- Great Britain
- Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service
- Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service Regiment, 22nd
- History
- Iraqi Prisoners and prisons
- Military
- Nonfiction
- Persian Gulf War, 1991
- Personal narratives, British
- Prisoners and prisons, Iraqi
- Great britain, army, regimental histories
“Within hours of Iraqi troops and armor rolling across the border with Kuwait at 0200 local time on August 2, 1990, the Regiment was preparing itself for desert operations.”
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