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Andy McNab
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Pages: 411 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0552141275
Pub: Corgi Books
Pub date: 1994-09-08
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2754
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Great book - definately *based* on a true story (0/0 people found this helpful)
You'd be suprised how many people still haven't read this book, yet everyone has heard of it - maybe due to the film starring Sean Bean released in 1999.
Bravo Two Zero was the call sign of an 8 man SAS team led by Andy McNab (not his real name) dropped deep behind enemy lines in Iraq during the first Gulf war. Their mission was to monitor and disturb the movement and deployment of Scud missiles being used by Saddam Hussein.
The mission goes badly wrong and the team find themselves extremely close to a large force of Iraqi military and a terrain and climate that they were largely unprepared for. They are soon discovered and pursued enormous distances day and night until most of the group have been either killed or captured. McNab was captured and the story recounts in gruesome detail the torture and psycological tecniques used to attempt to break the men down. It's gripping and exciting and you actually feel like you're there with him. These are some very tough guys.
However no review of the book would be complete without mention of the subsequent critisism levelled at McNab by other members of the patrol. Chris Ryan in his book 'The One that Got Away' says that McNab played up his own role and actually was largely responsible for the mission's early failure - Ryan clearly sees himself as the real hero of the mission, being the only member to survive the pursuit and flee to Syria.
Subsequently another surviving member of the expedition, Mike Coburn, released 'Soldier 5: The real truth behind the Bravo Two Zero mission' claiming that neither Ryan or McNab give an accurate portrayal of events and both dramatised the story for the purposes of publication (for example making up most of the major gun battles).
Believe it or not there is then a fourth book by former SAS soldier, Mike Asher, who travels the route of the escape and interviews Iraqi civilians who witnessed the flight of Bravo Two Zero patrol and gives his own view of the likelihood of the events taking place.
I had fun reading all four books and the differences in opinion didn't take anything away from McNab's original Bravo Two Zero.
Read Bravo Two Zero and enjoy it - but don't take it all as fact, and if you want to go further, check out the other books I've mentioned.
a special breed of men (0/0 people found this helpful)
theres no doubt about it this is one of the best sas books out there and is a truly great book and it a definite page turner throughout and you just can help feeling complete and utter patriotism knowing the sas men didnt give in to the enemy even after hour upon hour of beasting's and he even had to eat his own feccisis
good book from andy mcnab
light weight (0/1 people found this helpful)
An enjoyable book which seems a quite frank and honest account of an SAS soldiers expereince in Iraq . Where this book falls down is McNabs writing skills.The torture they went through was quite horrific but I found it hard to relate or feel what they were expereincing as I read it. I felt the chapters dealing with torture could have been written in a deeper and more heart felt way.All and all a good read , look forward to reading Immediate action which I have heard is much better.
fantastic read (0/1 people found this helpful)
This is an extrodinary account of an 8 man patrol sent out to Iraq in the Gulf War in an attempt to dissable communications to Northern Iraq and destroy any Scud sites. You know from the blurb the outcome of the group but you don't want it to happen as they get so far almost dying. McNab describes him getting tortured and all the other disgusting things that happened.
People are questioning McNabs realiability, so my opinion on this is as follows. 1)He was on the patrol so it is likely to be reliable 2)The Regiment is a top secret orginisation so some of the information MAY be witheld/changed due to security 3)It's a book, it's purpose to entertain
In the end it's up to you whether you believe him or not, i believe him and he gets a lot of admiration from me too
brilliant (2/2 people found this helpful)
absolutely brilliant
best book i've ever read
its just brilliant!!!
if you like war stories you'll
love this
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