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‘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.’ Times
‘Patrick Bishop’s riveting account of 3 Para's bitter little war is based on extensive interviews with the officers, NCOs and privates who slogged it out with the Taliban day after day…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
‘Thorough and engaging (it) really does put you on the ground with the troops. There is plenty of realistic action together with insight into the day–to–day grind of a modern soldier at war…Bishop's book doesn't just give us the 'bang bang'. It also explores the attributes of courage, camaraderie and duty that still exist in the Army…This book is a tribute to the sheer bravery and determination of 3 Para Battle Group.’ Andy McNab, Mail on Sunday
‘The best reporting I have read on the war in Afghanistan is in Bishop’s “3 Para” a mortar-by-mortar account of the battle group’s six months in Helmand province last year.’ Observer
‘By turns, funny, moving, gripping, furious, insightful and terrifying, 3 PARA is as fine a book as you'll ever read on modern warfare. It was written in haste - it must have been to have been published so soon after the event - yet there is no sloppiness: only vigour, immediacy and intensity, as we learn through thrilling first-hand accounts what it's like to go from combat novice to jaded veteran in a week.’ Daily Telegraph
'Vividly written and the several set-pieces make for thrilling reading…Bishop has written a moving tribute to the soldiers of 3 Para.' Daily Express
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‘The best reporting I have read on the war in Afghanistan is in Bishop’s “3 Para” a mortar-by-mortar account of the battle group’s six months in Helmand province last year.’ Observer
‘An exciting, eye–opening book that will leave you sadder and wiser about the validity of war. Bishop draws vivid pictures of army life.’ The Guardian
‘By turns, funny, moving, gripping, furious, insightful and terrifying, 3 PARA is as fine a book as you'll ever read on modern warfare. It was written in haste - it must have been to have been published so soon after the event - yet there is no sloppiness: only vigour, immediacy and intensity, as we learn through thrilling first-hand accounts what it's like to go from combat novice to jaded veteran in a week.’ Daily Telegraph
'Vividly written and the several set-pieces make for thrilling reading…Bishop has written a moving tribute to the soldiers of 3 Para.' Daily Express
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Six months later, the Battle Group returned home having fought one continuous battle after another during which they defeated the Taliban within Helmand Province. That military success did not, however, come without a price. 18 Officers and men died during the tour after another two had lost their lives in preliminary operations.
It is many years since I served with 3 Para and I well remember the stories of both Sergeant Willetts who saved many lives in Northern Ireland for which he was awarded a posthumous GC in the 1970s and, in 1982, Sergeant Ian McKay who was awarded the last VC of the 20th Century. Now, in just 6 months in 2006, 3 Para had added yet another VC and another GC in addition to many other honours and awards to their illustrious Battalion and Regimental history.
Written by a professional foreign correspondent who was given access to all the information and personal stories required to create this significant, and important, work of literature about a series of modern military actions, Patrick Bishop has done an excellent job in providing an informative and readable account of exactly what happened.
This is what our forces are doing in Afghanistan. Doubtless, in many ways, it will be similar to what our forces are doing in Iraq. It is, therefore, a book which should be read by everyone with an interest in the world at war - today.
As a postscript (and not part of the book itself), readers will be interested to know that the Commanding Officer of 3 Para Battle Group - Lt Colonel Stuart Tootal DSO OBE (the DSO being awarded for his outstanding service in Afghanistan) resigned in November 2007 after attacking the Ministry of Defence over "poor pay for soldiers, lack of equipment, the standard of army housing and poor medical treatment afforded to his injured soldiers."
Unlike their comrades from the USA, when the modern British Army has finished with its soldiers - they really are finished with them.
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British Army major (Retired)
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