Buy this book on-line TOOTAL, COLONEL STUART: : DANGER CLOSELONDON.JOHN MURRAY (PUBLISHER'S),2009. ISBN 9781848542563.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels, with black,grey and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Majority of light creasing is to top edges of dw/dj,both head+foot of spine/backstrip of same minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges both lightly aged/toned with some minimal sporadic spotting/foxing,otherwise bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases
to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xivpp+1-306pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,maps list,a preface,an introduction,18 chapters and an epilogue,24pp contemporary auto+biographical colour photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp82/3,pp146/7 and pp210/11 respectively,Honours and Gallantry awards, acronyms,picture credits,acknowledgements and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,dedication,unpaginated double-page b/w area map with 2 map inserts.
3 PARA was at the forefront of the war in
Afghanistan.Colonel Stuart Tootal,who led the unit into battle,is the first senior commander to provide an account of the fighting.
'Danger Close' captures the essence of combat, the risks involved and the aftermath.
From strategic planning to fighting on the ground,this is a gritty portrayal of unforgiving conflict.
3 PARA was the first unit into the lawless province of Helmand in 2006.Its deployment was heralded as a peace mission.But the Taliban thought differently.The unit became engaged in a level of combat that had not been experienced by the British Army since the end of the Korean War.Undermanned,isolated and suffering from equipment shortages,3 PARA fought doggedly against the Taliban.
Through raw courage and determination,they
won the break in battle for the British campaign.
Numerous gallantry decorations were awarded to the Battle Group,including the Victoria Cross, but they were not without the cost of many wounded and killed in action.
On his return from Afghanistan,Tootal fought to get proper treatment for his wounded men,and feeling frustrated with the government's treatment of its soldiers,he resigned from the Army.
'Danger Close' is a compelling and human portrait of modern war.
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