3 Para - Hardcover

Bishop, Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007257783 ISBN 13: 9780007257782

Publisher: HarperPress, 2007

Synopsis

Synopsis Afghanistan, Summer 2006. This is war. Afghanistan in the summer of 2006. In blazing heat in remote outposts the 3 Para battlegroup is pitted against a stubborn enemy who keep on coming. Until now, the full story of what happened there has not been told. This is it. In April 2006, the elite 3 Para battlegroup was despatched to Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. They were tasked with providing security to reconstruction efforts, a deployment it was hoped would pass off without a shot being fired. In fact, over the six months they were there, the 3 Para battle group saw near continuous combat -- one gruelling battle after another -- in what would become one of the most extraordinary campaigns ever fought by British troops. Around parched, dusty outposts reliant on a limited number of helicopters for food and ammunition resupply, troops were subjected to relentless Taliban attacks, as well as energy-sapping 50 degree heat and spartan conditions. At the end of the tour, the Taliban offensive aimed at driving the British and Afghan Government troops out of Helmand had been tactically defeated.But 3 Para paid a high price: fourteen soldiers and one interpreter were killed, and 46

About this title

About the Author:

Patrick Bishop worked a senior correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. He is the author of 'The Irish Empire'; the acclaimed book 'The Provisional IRA' with Eamonn Mallie; the bestselling 'Fighter Boys'; and most recently 'Bomber Boys'. He lives in London.

Review:

'Wonderfully compelling ... a fast-paced story of incredible bravery that at times reads like a thriller.' Christina Lamb, Sunday Times 'Bishop gives a gripping insight into deployment in Afghanistan last year of 3 Para...written with the fluent, rich and engaging fashion typical of the author's as a journalist.' The Times 'He presents an inspiring story of courage, discipline and...selfless comradeship...the frenzy of close-quarters combat...is captured particularly vividly...fast-paced and absorbing.' Daily Mail

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperPress
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0007257783
• ISBN 13: 9780007257782
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320