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| Author: Dan Mills
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  103 reviews
Sales Rank: 203
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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Awesome demonstration of mental courage and physical strength September 20, 2008
This book was certainly an eye opener for me and gave me a true insight into what is actually happening in Iraq as opposed to what the media and government want us to know. From the prologue to the very last word I was totally gripped and could not put it down. It was easy to follow and very well written.
From someone who doesn't normally read I was totally hooked. This book covers all angles of the conflict our troops have endured and strangely enough found myself laughing out loud at the typical camaraderie and moral boosting behaviour of the lads during their tour.
Before I read this book I had no idea of the severity of fighting our troops were exposed to and I thoroughly take my hat off to all troops involved. Our troops do not get enough recognition for what they do and i'm pleased to know that my country is being protected by the best. I totally became immersed in the book and really felt I knew the guys by the end of it. I was that impressed I even got my girlfriend to read it who was as equally impressed with the book as I was.
Seriously good book and I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone. I would love to hear more from Danny Mills or any of the other guys involved.
Enjoy
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...
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.
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