The real Bravo Two Zero : the truth behind Bravo Two Zero.

By:

Asher, Michael, 1953-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Cassell, 2002.Description: 231 p., {8} p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0304364363

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

956.70442

Summary: Bravo Two Zero was the code-name of the famous SAS operation: a classic story of bravery in the face of overwhelming odds. Bravo Two Zero by patrol commander Andy McNab became an international best-seller, as did the book by Chris Ryan ( The One That Got Away ). Both men became millionaires. Three members of the patrol were killed. One, veteran sergeant Vince Phillips, was blamed in both books for a succession of mistakes. As Michael Asher reveals, the stories in these two books grew considerably in the telling. Their heroic tales of taking out tanks with their rocket launchers, mowing down hundreds of Iraqi soldiers, the silent stabbing of the occasional sentry, were never mentioned at their post-war debriefings. In an investigation literally in the footsteps of the patrol, one step ahead of the Iraqi police, Michael Asher tells the true story.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction	Waimate Located at Event Centre	Non Fiction	355 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not For Loan		A0031043X

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224) and index.

Bravo Two Zero was the code-name of the famous SAS operation: a classic story of bravery in the face of overwhelming odds. Bravo Two Zero by patrol commander Andy McNab became an international best-seller, as did the book by Chris Ryan ( The One That Got Away ). Both men became millionaires. Three members of the patrol were killed. One, veteran sergeant Vince Phillips, was blamed in both books for a succession of mistakes. As Michael Asher reveals, the stories in these two books grew considerably in the telling. Their heroic tales of taking out tanks with their rocket launchers, mowing down hundreds of Iraqi soldiers, the silent stabbing of the occasional sentry, were never mentioned at their post-war debriefings. In an investigation literally in the footsteps of the patrol, one step ahead of the Iraqi police, Michael Asher tells the true story.

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