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"A gripping account of special forces at work . . . a tremendous adventure story."-"Daily Telegraph"
"The best account yet of the SAS in action."-"Sunday Times"
"The best account yet of the SAS in action."-"Sunday Times"
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The first work of non-fiction in twelve years from the bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero and Immediate Action
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stories of laughter and others of sorrow,
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This review is from: Seven Troop (Hardcover)
After reading Bravo Two Zero and Immediate Action a long time ago as a young soldier, I still cannot bring myself to read a fiction book from Andy McNab; not because they might not be good but because of the first two books being non-fiction. However, as soon as I discovered that he had created a new book of his personal stories I broke my pledge of "no more war stories" and bought it.
The book does build upon Immediate Action but it has an underlying and consistent message, one that I unfortunately witnessed in some ex-Falkland paras. Without telling the lay of the book and thereby removing the enjoyment for other readers, what I will say is that the story follows a young trooper meeting "brothers in arms" and what can result from years at the hard edge. Like Andy's first two books; I read this one in under a week (I spend some time at airports!) The message is simple; the reality of war is hell and those that return can suffer from physical and/or mental injury. Both types of wounds can be very deep and life threatening; the latter is extremely difficult to heal. The book concludes with open emotion and I take my hat (well, beret as an ex-para) to anyone who can put that onto paper.
30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
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A HAUNTING TOUR DE FORCE,
By Admiral6004 (London & LA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Seven Troop (Hardcover)
This book does much more than just take over from where Bravo Two Zero and Immediate Action left off. It traces Andy McNab's military career from the time he joined 7 Troop, SAS, to the time he left, but covers many other aspects of his subsequent life as and when they overlap with other members of the Troop. In many ways, this is as much their story as his, and McNab is man enough to give centre stage from time to time to giants like Frank Collins, Al Slater and Nish Bruce. Nor does he try to sweep bad news under the carpet; the events of 1998 when Dr Thomas Shanks gunned down his former girlfriend with an AK47 in a Leeds car park are given a full airing. This is a reflective, almost sad, book, but it's none the worse for that. The reality is starting to hit home about the time-bomb of PTSD, and McNab champions the cause of counselling, even for rough, tough SAS lads. This book might be harrowing, but it still carries all the McNab hallmarks of a brilliant sense of (dark) humour, and dialogue and action that crackles with authenticity. I loved it. I just hope the powers that be take heed of what men like McNab are saying.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Quite a lot covered before,
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This review is from: Seven Troop (Hardcover)
I have read every Mcnab book and I have to agree with the others that this book is pretty much all covered before.
What it did do was lead me to other books by different authors that I did enjoy (Freefall)
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