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| Author: Dan Mills
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 239
Media: Paperback
Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0141029013
EAN: 9780141029016
ASIN: 0141029013
Publication Date: May 15, 2008
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 21st Century Rorke's Drift September 20, 2008
If you thought that Britain's involvement in Iraq was all 'hearts and minds' and smiles for the camera (as politicians may have you believe) while the Americans got stuck in, then this book will put you right. A stunning account of how the Prince of Wales Royal Regiment pulled off a modern day Rorke's Drift style operation in defence of Al-Amarah (the backdrop to Pte. Johnson Beharry's VC award). The book starts with a bang and continues from there, even when you think things have quietened down it all kicks off again. A brilliant roller-coaster account of what life must be like as a modern British soldier fighting a vicious war that few people understand or know about.
british soldiers at its best September 18, 2008
this book is immense . finished it in 3 days cause i couldnt put it down at all , every chance i got i was reading it . and having been to iraq and been down to cimic house on a few occasions it makes for one of the best books i have ever read , this book is a must for anyone
Great read! September 12, 2008
This is a great read about Sgt Dan Mills and his sniper platoon in Southern Iraq in April 7th 2004. A year to the day since the city had fallen and Saddam had been deposed. On a now quiet battlefront Iraq rarely made it into the news. When Sgt Dan Mills and the rest of his battalion of the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment flew in they were on a supposedly hearts and minds operation. They were soon fighting for their lives within hours of arriving after inadvertently stumbling on a militant strong hold and being ambushed. The ambush marked the beginning of a battle filled tour in 50c heat against a tough determined enemy. In an apocalyptic desert scenario Sgt Mills recants on his battles and firefights in a sewage festered city where well-trained, well-organised radicals armed with AKs and RPGs continually took on the soldiers on patrol and at their besieged base in Cimic house in Al Amarah. Subjected to intense fire fights and continual mortar fire this is a story about the professionalism of British Army soldiers under a 'rorkes drift' type siege, except this siege was for six months. It is also a sniper's account of his trade in a volatile country with limitless targets. If you want a story that eminates endurance, camaraderie, dark humour and courage in the face of a determined modern day radical enemy then you will want to read this book...
Life at the Sharp End September 12, 2008
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For those who have read 'Dusty Warriors', by Prof. Richard Holmes, this book will in parts seem familiar, as its events all took place during the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment's deployment to Iraq in 2004. While Prof. Holmes account chronicled the events of the whole battlegroup, this book deals with those events encountered in and around CIMIC House in Al-Amarah, by that regiment's 'Y' Company and in particular by their Sniper Platoon, led by the author, Sgt. Dan Mills.
Surrounded by hostile insurgents latterly, the siege of CIMIC House during this tour has been likened to a modern-day Rorke's Drift, except the 'Zulus' in this case had Mortars, RPG's and Rockets in their arsenal! In one 10-day period alone, there were 525 seperate mortar bombs launched at the defenders, who upheld the finest traditions of the British Army in their defence of this small compound, literally almost to the last round until eventually relieved by a column of some 100 vehicles, including 12 Challenger II tanks and seventy-odd Warrior AFV's, who fought through the city to reach the beleagured defenders.
I devoured this book in short time. It is one of the best first-hand accounts of modern soldiering I have read, told in the honest and often humorous language of the typical British Tom. Highly recommended.
Awesome read. September 12, 2008
Forget Andy McNab and Anthony Swofford, this has got to be the best book I've ever read. It's definately aimed at service personnel more than civilians. I could not put this down. 10 times better than Bravo Two Zero and Jarhead. I would read it over and over again.
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