- Paperback: 418 pages
- Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (5 July 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099427540
- ISBN-13: 978-0099427544
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.4 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,152,777 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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44 of 50 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I loved Andy McNab's Bravo Two Zero, so when I saw the adverts for Chris Ryan's take on the same covert events deep behind Iraqi enemy lines, I couldn't wait to conscript!! Ryan bills himself as the realist to McNab's dreamer and this is borne out by his gritty and gripping approach to prose. Where Bravo Two Zero owed more to McNab's magical realism The One That Got Away is more about Ryan's no-nonsense, crash-bang-wallop feel for realistic special forces action.
This book is NOT a disappointment. It's gratifying to read such well crafted prose from a man that's actually been there and done it in the worlds premier elite fighting force. This gives Ryan's writing so much more authority and edge than other more run of the mill "war novelists" like Solzhenitzhen or Pat Barker, who may string write pretty words together but would struggle if they had to yomp 250 clicks in a week across hostile enemy terrain.
Another aspect of the book that's often overlooked is the sense of empowerment that's brought to the reader. Having read this book, I now feel that if placed in a "potential enemy flashpoint" I have the skills and tactical abilities to "neutralise" any threats, or at least talk a good game in the pub thereby impressing my mates. And let's face it that's what it's all about, eh?
Couldn't ask for more in a work of literature.
19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed this book. After reading other reviews about both Mcnab and Ryan I was a bit on the defensive when reading this book.
Ryan is an obviously confident person and so some of the things that he writes could be taken the wrong way by people who are intimidated by confidence.
I found his account gripping and I read it in two days. Could not stop reading.
So, pay little attention to the people who criticise Ryan (or Mcnab) because until you've gone through it, well its best to keep quiet.
Worth the read and again it just added to my respect for the boys in 22.
Ryan is an obviously confident person and so some of the things that he writes could be taken the wrong way by people who are intimidated by confidence.
I found his account gripping and I read it in two days. Could not stop reading.
So, pay little attention to the people who criticise Ryan (or Mcnab) because until you've gone through it, well its best to keep quiet.
Worth the read and again it just added to my respect for the boys in 22.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I had read Andy McNab's Bravo Two Zero a few years ago and bought this as an impulse buy. It is naturally a classic chronicle of pure British spirit and mastery in evade and escape army (SAS) tactics across the barren and frozen Western Iraqi desert. At this level it is a recommended read. However, it was not as well scripted as McNab's journal, and in many times came across as a diary or journal with only limited human insights into character, determination and perseverance. These traits could have been explored more to add inspiration. In addition, the forward and post script themselves seemed to contribute a third of the whole book, which seemed to drag on rather than contribute.
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Hubby Loves
I bought this for my husband,and he thought it was very good, he likes the fact that is a totally different view point from andy mcnabs book and told a different story, he enjoyed... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tiger Blood
A good book and there's no contradiction with other accounts
I don't think I have anything really to add to praise for this book but I'd like to add a little something to the questions of it's veracity. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Patrick W. E. Walker
Equally as brilliant as Bravo Two Zero...!
Sure Chris Ryan and Andy McNab have different ways of writing and a different view of events.....
That's because they went through different versions of the same mission. Read more
That's because they went through different versions of the same mission. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jon Dawrant
Fantastic
This book puts alot to rights in the newly revised introduction, its a fantastic story, incredibly told; best book I have ever read! Read more
Published 7 months ago by Am Js Wadey
THE REVIEW FOR THE ITEM IS ON THE WHO DARES WINS BY MISTAKE IT SHOULD...
THIS TOOK LONGER THENEXPECTED TO ARRIVE. WHEN IT DID TURN UP IT HAD NO DUST COVER WHICH I CONSIDER IS NOT VERY GOOD AS IT IS FOR A CHRISTMAS GIT.
Published 7 months ago by T. Bates
Survival!
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There have been, to my knowledge, four books written on the Bravo Two Zero mission ... Read more
There have been, to my knowledge, four books written on the Bravo Two Zero mission ... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Winston Bugle
Simply brilliant
i read this book in hardback years ago and could not wait to read it again. This book is well written to such an extent you feel you are there. Read more
Published 15 months ago by frank
great book
This is a really good book and I have truly enjoyed it. The book is full of information and action.
I would definitely recommend it.
Adam (book bought by my mum)
I would definitely recommend it.
Adam (book bought by my mum)
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The One That Got Away
If you're looking for a well-written, thrilling story, forget about it. This book is not written well and it certainly has no thrills. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Max Watt
A very good book
This a very good read and gives you another point of view to the SAS Bravo Two Misson into Iraq, during the 1st Gulf War. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Ben Nicholson
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