- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (1 July 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007291329
- ISBN-13: 978-0007291328
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 679,076 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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What makes a woman join the most secretive and dangerous unit of Special Forces? What keeps her there? How does she cope with the rigorous physical and psychological training, including ‘simulated terrorist interrogations’, the often deadly missions, the relentless pressures of a macho world, and hte sex?
One Up (the military term for someone travelling solo on a surveillance mission) is the electrifying first-person account of an exceptional young woman’s experiences of action and adventure - the first book ever written by a female member of an SAS unit.
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By Sarah Ford
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thoroughly enoyed this book. It makes an interesting read with regard to the training, and operations of the 14th Det and the added slant of a female being accepted in to a mainly male environment.
The insight into Sarah's own life and the ups/downs of personal and professional are absorbing. It's not all glamour and big guns and she conveys that in this book.
All in all, no matter who you "support" or believe it's hard not to be impressed by the determination and spirit these people have.
I'd agree that at times the personal stuff outweighs the rest but only in places and it didn't detract overall from what is an enjoyable read. If you like SAS books and aren't too sure about 14th Det - this book will still grab you.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
right from the very start,it grabs your attention by the throat and you are unable to put this book down. it really is a warts and all account of sarah's life at the 'sharp end'. i can't reccomend this book highly enough. read it and be better informed, don't have nightmares......
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An excellent book about 14 Int even if the author follows the usual theoretical model for such books (chapter 1, my difficult childhood, chapter 2 basic training, chapter 3 why i dislike officers who are all a bunch of ruperts anyway etc etc)
But anyway a very enjoyable read, and she looks like a bit of a babe if anyone has her phone number can I have it?
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I certainly do not question her achievements considering her early life as she herself has written.
When first published in 1997 no doubt a first. Read more
When first published in 1997 no doubt a first. Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2010 by P. Waller
amazing woman, gripping read
An extremely informative, well written, fascinating insight into the secretive world of the operators in the 'Det'. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2010 by Jane Austen
Woman in the SAS....don't think so.
Whilst this is a great book and an enjoyable read, the title is quite misleading, there has never been a woman who has passed selection and been in the SAS. Read more
Published on 5 July 2006 by G. Robinson
Interesting and surprising
I didn't expect to enjoy this, but was pleasantly surprised. I'm an army oficer and a female and i can understand why she volunteered for such a unit. Read more
Published on 3 May 2002
Not someone to mess around with
Reading Sarah Ford's autobiography, I'm well convinced she's not someone I would want to meet in a dark alley. Read more
Published on 2 April 2002 by C. J. Husing
Excellent
Definitely worth buying, this book covers the life of the author whilst focusing on her time with Det. Really good read.
Published on 5 April 2000
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