Ground Truth - Softcover

Bishop, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 075315238X ISBN 13: 9780753152386

Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books, 2010

Synopsis

In April 2006 the elite 3 Para Battle was despatched to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on a tour that has become legend.Bishop reveals the ground truth of the mission our soldiers have been given. It's a sombre picture. But shining out from it are stories of courage, comradeship and humour.

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Review:

‘Are we winning or losing the war in Afghanistan? ...Bishop offers no easy answers. The portrait he paints is one of selfless young men and women performing magnificently under near-intolerable conditions ... “Ground Truth” is one of the best accounts you will ever read about contemporary warfare: shrewdly observed, action-packed and written with great sensitivity.’ James Delingpole, Mail on Sunday

‘A beguiling and often bewildering account of how this strange war seems to the fighting man and woman...Bishop gets to the core of their thoughts and fears. As a view from the ground, often with the author present at key points, Bishop’s books are invaluable’ Evening Standard

‘Well paced and well told. It is also very well informed... It is his sense of personal involvement in the testing physical and moral hardships of contemporary soldiering that gives the narrative such a sharp and poignant edge...inspiring’ Country Life

About the Author:

Patrick Bishop has been a foreign correspondent for over twenty years, reporting from conflicts all over the world. He is the author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling ‘Fighter Boys’, ‘Bomber Boys’ and ‘3 Para’.

About this edition

• Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 075315238X
• ISBN 13: 9780753152386
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416