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A truly amazing story of death-defying bravery and escape
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Major Phil Ashby already had a reputation for surviving scrapes, where others would - and did - break bones and worse. His strength, resourcefulness and luck had been tested to the full during his career in the Royal Marines' elite Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre, and various adventurous expeditions. That luck, however, appeared to have run out in May 2000, when he was working for the UN, disarming brutalised rebels in war-ravaged Sierra Leone. When the rebels turned on the UN's representatives, butchering, skinning alive and dismembering several peacekeepers and taking over 500 hostages, it seemed that all was lost and that Ashby and the other two Brits and a Kiwi would perish violently and gruesomely. Instead Ashby took the decision to die quickly rather than slowly by attempting to escape through the rebel lines. They were vastly outnumbered. They were unarmed. Somehow he led his three colleagues on a daring, dramatic and heart-stopping escape through hostile jungle. He was awarded the Queen's Gallantry medal for his actions.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The definitive military autobiography,
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This review is from: Unscathed: Escape from Sierra Leone (Hardcover)
Very rarely do you find a book so competently written within the military bracket. Major Phil Ashby is a man who has experienced so much that it would be a horrible injustice for this book not to exist, and for his story not to be told.His status as a commissioned officer immediately marks him apart from the majority of military authors, and perhaps his more privileged upbringing explains the unusual fluency of his prose. Simply put, an incredibly resilient man tells an absolutely enthralling tale of experiences the likes of which you and I could seldom imagine, let alone find ourselves living. If you like books of this genre, you simply won't find a better written or more engaging one than this.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Military books don't have to be Gun Ho, to be enjoyable,
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This review is from: Unscathed: Escape from Sierra Leone (Hardcover)
I expected a Mc Knabb/Ryan style of book when i read the back cover of the book.In fact it turned into more of partial life story which looked at incidents that occurred in Sierra Leone, and the extremely difficult job the UN have to do across the world. Although it's not an endless tale of shootouts and bombings, it does keeps you at the edge of your seat and at time brings lumps in your throat. I really enjoyed the book it came across at a human level, and the personal stories interlaced with the more arduous army training made the book a must for a generation brought up on the exploits of Falklands and Gulf War veterans
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding, quality read,
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This review is from: Unscathed: Escape from Sierra Leone (Hardcover)
I agree with one of the other reviewers that the association of the book with "Bravo Two Zero"/Andy McNab is unfortunate. Entertaining as Bravo Two Zero is, Unscathed leaves it far behind in terms of the quality of writing and the ability of the author to engage his (civilian) audience. The book is much more similar to the (non-fiction) works of Ranulph Fiennes.I could not put the book down - and read it in two days (Working days!) Much to my surprise, my wife then picked it up and had the same experience. The images of civil-war-torn Sierra Leone are sickening and fascinating by turns. But this book is really about a fascinating character, doing extraordinary things. An inspiring read!
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