Dead Men Risen
The Welsh Guards and the Real Story of Britain's War in Afghanistan
$41.65
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2012
Summary
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE 2012.
This is the gripping story of the men of the Welsh Guards and their bloody battle for survival in Afghanistan in 2009. Underequipped and overstretched, they found themselves in the most intense fighting the British had experienced in a generation. They were led into battle by Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, a passionate believer in the justness of the war who was deeply dismayed by the way it was being resourced and conducted. Thorneloe was killed…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849164238 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1849164231 |
| Author: | Toby Harnden |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2012 |
| Weight: | 606g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 134mm x 52mm |
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‘The best book so far on Britain’s military adventure in Afghanistan … Dead Men Risen will stand as a true, unsparing record of what happened there’ Patrick Bishop, author of 3 PARA.
‘Dead Men Risen dilutes the saccarine perception of soldiering and replaces it with the gritty and gruesome reality of war’ Patrick Hennessey, author of The Junior Officer’s Book Club. * Patrick Hennessey *
‘Desperately moving … Dead Men Risen is a serious work, far removed from the blood-and-thrills of the Bravo Two Zero school of military literary campaigning. Such books may grip but they do not engage. Harnden’s does both’ Spectator. * Spectator *
‘So vividly rendered that one can almost smell the sweat, the cordite and the acrid scent of fear’ Daily Mail. * Daily Mail *
‘The best book so far on Britain’s military adventure in Afghanistan … Dead Men Risen will stand as a true, unsparing record of what happened there’ Patrick Bishop, author of 3 PARA. * Patrick Bishop *
About The Author
Toby Harnden
Toby Harnden is a veteran foreign correspondent who has reported from all over the world. He has covered the Welsh Guards in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan over the past fifteen years. His last book was the critically acclaimed bestseller Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh (1999). Harnden currently lives in Washington DC, where he is the US Editor of the Daily Telegraph.
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