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SNIPER ONE
THE BLISTERING TRUE STORY OF A BRITISH BATTLE GROUP UNDER SIEGE |
| By: |
Dan Mills |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£6.99 |
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£4.68 |
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£2.31 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0141029013 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780141029016 |
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| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
15 May, 2008 |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
Sgt Dan Mills and his platoon of snipers fly into southern Iraq, part of an infantry battalion sent to win hearts and minds. They were soon fighting for their lives. Back home we were told they were peacekeeping. But there was no peace to keep. This book offers an account of that war. |
| Synopsis: |
We all saw it at once. Half a dozen voices screamed 'Grenade!' simultaneously. Then everything went into slow motion. The grenade took an age to travel through its 20 metre arc. A dark, small oval-shaped package of misery, the size of a peach...April 2004: Sgt Dan Mills and his platoon of snipers fly into southern Iraq, part of an infantry battalion sent to win hearts and minds. They were soon fighting for their lives. Back home we were told they were peacekeeping. But there was no peace to keep. Because within days of arriving in theatre, Mills and his men were caught up in the longest, most sustained firefight British troops had faced for over fifty years. This awe-inspiring account tells of total war in throat-burning winds and fifty-degree heat, blasted by mortars and surrounded by heavily armed militias. For six months, they fought alone: isolated, besieged and under constant enemy fire. Their heroic stand created a modern-day Rorke's Drift. |
| Illustrations: |
col. Illustrations, map, col. ports. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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