Desperate Glory Sam Kiley

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Desperate Glory by Sam Kiley

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A raw and unfliching front-line account of the British military offensive in Afghanistan

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Desperate Glory: At War in Helmand with Britain's 16 Air Assault Brigade by Sam Kiley

His mates watch, and giggle, when tracer bullets from Spongebob's machine gun rip through a Taleban fighter. A wounded colonel high on morphine mistakes a helicopter for a train. Young men and teenagers fight the toughest battles for fifty years. Then play like puppies in the sand of their isolated bases, cooling off in paddling pools. Almost no one out there understands why Britain is at war in Helmand. They would not have missed it. Sam Kiley joined 16 Air Assault Brigade and got unescorted and unrestricted access to the front line for a full six month tour of duty. .

Desperate Glory Reviews

'I have known Sam Kiley since we were young men racing around Africa's war zones. He is one of the few originals in modern journalism - a legend among his peers, not just for his sometimes insane bravery but for the force of his understanding and the originality of his journalism.' Fergal Keane 'There is no one better to tell this story than Sam Kiley. One of the most intrepid foreign correspondents of our generation, he delves into the heart and soul of battle. Kiley has never been afraid to tell the truth - his long career in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East is a testament to that. If you want to know why men wage war - read this' Janine di Giovanni

About Sam Kiley

Award-winning journalist Sam Kiley has covered wars and insurgencies in more than thirty countries over the last twenty years. Educated at Oxford University, he joined The Times in 1987, and since 1990 has worked as a foreign correspondent all over the world, most notably in Africa, where he won acclaim for his coverage of conflicts in the Congo, Somalia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. He has worked extensively in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taleban and has made more than twenty television films for Channel Four, Sky 1 and the BBC. He is a frequent contributor to the Mail on Sunday, the Evening Standard, the Observer, The Times and the Spectator. Married and a father of two, Sam Kiley lives in the countryside of East Anglia.

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Sku

GOR010647994

ISBN 13

9780747599968

ISBN 10

0747599963

Title

Desperate Glory: At War in Helmand with Britain's 16 Air Assault Brigade by Sam Kiley

Author

Sam Kiley

Condition

Used - Like New

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Year published

2009-09-07

Number of pages

288

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N/A

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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins