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Callsign Hades Paperback – 26 May 2011

by Patrick Bury (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK (26 May 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849830606
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849830607
  • Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 2.1 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (79 customer reviews)
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Patrick Bury's Callsign Hades joins that elite band of great war books. It is a quite enthralling account of Irish soldiers at war, by a gallant Irish officer and a superb writer - Irish Independent

This is an intensely sad and moving book . . . Callsign Hades is a vivid but ultimately despair-inducing account of war in the 21st century - Irish Times

A scintillating masterpiece... The first great book of the Afghan War Kevin Myers

I was particularly impressed by Bury's understanding of junior command and leadership... I sincerely hope that this book becomes embedded in every account of leadership across all three services...There have been many books written by serving personnel of life at the "sharp end" in Helmand since 2006. This is, in my view, the very best - British Army Review

Utterly riveting. - Belfast Telegraph

Excellent...Bury is a gifted writer... (Callsign Hades) is thoroughly deserving of the accolades it has received - Army Rumour Service

A classic. Rarely has the nature of war in Afghanistan been captured as well as in Paddy Bury's book -Richard Doherty, author of Mission Helmand

Enlightening... brilliant - Daily Mirror

Subtly different...a more personal account of action - Financial Times

Describes the hell of combat with visceral intensity - Irish News

One of the most thoughtful books on Afghanistan I've come across - Professor Nigel Biggar, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, Oxford University

A gripping account of the bloody war being fought in Afghanistan by Northern Irish and British soldiers - Belfast Telegraph Sunday Life Magazine

Whilst there's no shortage of blood and guts, this book also contains thoughtful analysis of the moral and emotional difficulties young soldiers endure - Irish Examiner

[Bury] is honest about a soldier's experiences and frank about the toll - physical and mental - inflicted on himself and his men - Sunday Business Post

Bury writes this soldier's view expressively and honestly, and with a humorous undertone that never detracts from the seriousness of operational life... It is clear that he has a profound love for his regiment and the men that served in it - --Soldier Magazine

About the Author

Patrick Bury is 27 years old and served in 1st Royal Irish Regiment until October 2009.

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5.0 out of 5 starsAlways looking out for his squad & keep them safe
By Dadashe Golam on 11 Nov. 2012
Format: Paperback
Patrick,an Irishman from the South, fighting not so much for the Queen but for his squad & to keep his men safe in Sangin for the Royal Irish regiment. He doesn't exclude his uncertainty & fears going into situations [keeping them from his team] - this is no gung ho narrative. Really nails the daily grind of clearing IEDs. Patrol sequences show the organised chaos & attempts to operate in that moment. The story of the 2 point guys - one from NI the other Southern - working together is a great metaphor for Ireland. Too much has been forgotten of the sacrifices the whole of Ireland made in WWI & WWII. A beautiful read.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA genuine insight into the experiences of a soldier on the front line.
By Kizzia on 14 Mar. 2013
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This book is the very powerful, and at times uncomfortable, story of Patrick Bury’s journey through officer training at Sandhurst, into the Royal Irish Regiment and then out to Afghanistan in 2008 in command of 7 Platoon, Ranger Company, who were stationed in F.O.B Sangin in Helmand Province.

Patrick writes with a fluid honesty that is peppered with the wry, dry humour and moments of sang-froid that the British Army has become synonymous with. He shares his experiences freely, makes no attempt to dissemble or to hide behind his rank when talking about difficult topics, and doesn’t toe any ‘party line’ from the MoD. Neither is this a glorification of war or a blazing hurrah for the army. What he gives us are his thoughts and his experiences and offers us a clear and unflinching view of what it is like being part of the Infantry, both at home and on the front line.

There are moments of humour, moments of pure terror and moments that caused my throat to tighten and my eyes to burn. The camaraderie and deep bonds that form between the men are as heartening as they are heart-rending and the sheer bravery of Patrick and the men he served with in the face of IED’s, an enemy who is often invisible and horrendously intemperate conditions, is staggering.

Nothing is this book is sugar coated, nothing amended to protect civilian sensibilities. What we are shown is a man in a difficult situation who is just doing his job, and trying to protect his men and the civilians they have been deployed to protect, to the best of his abilities. It shows just how hard you have to be, mentally as well as physically, to function on the front line and also how much compassion and care is needed as well.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsCallsign Hades - a 'must read'
By WriterinFrance on 19 Dec. 2011
Format: Paperback
Callsign Hades is a stunning book. I could not put it down. Much praise and many words have already been written about it. Sad and moving. Despair inducing. Utter, unspeakable horror. A vivid, honest account of the sheer hell of combat and the horrendous waste of life; this is one soldier's breathtaking account of the war in Afghanistan.
The writing is enthralling. The reader feels they are almost part of the action, sweating under the enormous weight of heavy gear. Terrified, looking into the eyes of a child, wondering is he about to give the signal to detonate a hidden IED, resulting in our death, or the loss of our limbs?
Electrifying from the start, when it opens with an explosion, there is no let up in the action as Patrick Bury brings us from his days at Sandhurst, through the conflict to the immensely moving ending, by which time this reader was in floods of tears.
Callsign Hades is one of the best books I have ever read. It's poignant, honest, shocking and heart-breaking, full of bravery and courage of the highest order.
I have always had enormous respect for the armed forces and now, I have even more.
A footnote is that before I read this book, I had signed up to go, in June 2012, on a fairly testing ten day horse trek in Mongolia in aid of Help for Heroes. Patrick Bury is one of those heroes and having read his book, I am more honoured than I can say to take on this challenge, thereby raising money for the heroic men and women of the forces.
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5.0 out of 5 starsCallsign Hades
By A. McCulloch on 26 Aug. 2012
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Many books have now been written about the war in Afghanistan and it is rare to find one which trully stands out. 'Callsign Hades' stands out by a mile! It is personal, it doesn't pull any punches and it certainly doesn't glorify war/combat. If you have a family member in Afghanistan or about to deploy this book will tell you exactly what our young men have to deal with. It is nothing short of excellent!
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn archetypal Officer speaks.
By the drumming cyclist on 25 Mar. 2013
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Don't buy this book if you want to read another shoot-em-up (though it describes a lot of instances of people getting shot). Don't read this book if you want to preserve a romantic view of war (although it describes platonic love between brothers-in-arms as set against the contrasting brutality). Don't trust the editorial crap on the back cover ("the only book on Afghanistan you will ever need to read"). This should spur you on to find out how the hell soldiers, civilians and Afghans came to experience this hell on earth.

Bury shows himself to be of his generation of soldiers; men and women who were drawn to conflict for some altruistic and some selfish motives, but who were condemned to partake in the tactics of western war in the absence of any apparent link to strategy or statecraft. He charts his own progress to the crucible of horror from innocent childhood play to very adult misadventure.

It left me wondering how this generation are supposed to live with the memories of the wars of choice in which they partook. At least those who watched their friends and enemies die in wars gone-by did so because of campaigns that were in many cases necessary. Recent discretionary campaigns will be much harder to come to terms with for those engaged in them (as well as their families). Bury charts his own adaptation to the madness with compassion, candour and good-humour. He is capable of the kind of reflection that is not bestowed on many who put themselves in his situation.

He has taken all of the best parts from his education and moral training and has applied them in a place that no amount of analysis can seem to rationalise. Ignore the cover which is designed to appeal to those who buy the raft of other contemporary soldier-autobiographies; this is the thinking man's book on what it is to experience Afghanistan first-hand as a Platoon Commander.
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