Customer Reviews
A gripping read... - By: G. Tittley, 16 Oct 2008 
An interesting soldier's story that also gives parts of the bigger picture in Iraq. Unlike some current military books it is well written, making for an absorbing read.
excellant book - By: Ms. A. L. Partington, 14 Oct 2008 one of the best books i have ever read, its frank & straight to the point & tells the true story of our hero's
Amazing real life account - By: Random Task, 05 Oct 2008 A truly amazing book. Never have I read such a page turner & its fact not fiction. This book will blow your hair back, if you have even the vaguest interest in the Iraq war you should definitely read this.
The British Army hold a smalll compound in Al Amarah while the reconstruction teams being their work. Unfortunately they don't get very far before the local insurgency decide to declare alll out war. The first major attack is repelled, but constant insurgency eventuallly force the army to hold up in their compound where over a 23-day period they took 595 mortar rounds from the insurgents, 57 RPG's, 5 107mm rockets & were attacked by many hundreds of OMS fighters. A single company, massively outnumbered managed (just) to hold out, & the story as told by Dan Mills, the lead sniper is breathtaking.
Fascinating - By: Ron Hughes, 04 Oct 2008 The best non-fiction modern 'war' book I've read in years. Took it on holiday & read it in 3 days. Unputdownable. Knocks spots off Bravo Two Zero (& that was bl@@dy good)
No brainer...buy it now. - By: A. Prince, 04 Oct 2008 OMG! I cant believe this is only £3.99!!!! I spotted it in the airport on my way out on hols - but paid 3 times as much. Having read it though, I would pay that again! Much to my wifes disgust, I missed much of my holiday as I couldnt get my head out of it. A real eye opener that is fantasticallly written - gritty, shocking, informative, humorous, ( I couldnt stop laughing on the plane when he describes the over excited dog jumping in the pool!) & certainly makes you proud of 'our lads'.
