Combat Camera: From Auntie Beeb to the Afghan Frontline

Christian Hill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846883539 ISBN 13: 9781846883538

Publisher: Alma Books Ltd, 2015

May 2011, Afghanistan: Camp Bastion is under attack, the Sun's Defence Editor is about to catch the wrong helicopter, and a famous TV war reporter is missing half his kit and wants his trainers back. Amid the chaos, Christian Hill is preparing to lead his Combat Camera Team on the British Army's first big operation of the Helmand summer, inching through the IED-riddled fields of the notorious Green Zone. A captain in the Media Operations Group, his job is to promote the war to the British media - and make it look like things are under control and getting better...

The author's proceeds from the sale of each copy of Combat Camera will go to Combat Stress, the Veterans Mental Health Charity.

Review:

'A harrowing, warts-and-all account of the human cost to the British Army of the war in Afghanistan.' --Daily Mail

'Excellent... harrowing and witty... shines a much needed light into the chaos and confusion of modern warfare.' --Sean Rayment, author of 'Bomb Hunters' and 'Tales from the Special Forces Club'

'Thrilling, witty and insightful... this brutally honest portrayal of how the war in Afghanistan was being reported will shock some, amuse others and anger many.' --Chris Terrill, documentary maker

'Fascinating... manages to enlighten and entertain.' --Kirkus Reviews

'For a good look behind the journalists flak jackets and military press-releases, read Combat Camera.' --Frank Ledwidge, author of 'Losing Small Wars' and 'Investment in Blood'

'Opens your eyes to the casualties on all sides.' --Soldier Magazine

'A mix of humour and tragedy, bravery and bumbling. Drop the Dead Donkey meets the military.' --The Lady

'A mix of humour and tragedy, bravery and bumbling. Drop the Dead Donkey meets the military.' --The Lady

About the Author:

Christian Hill has served as Troop Commander and later Operations Officer in Canada, Germany, Jordan, Bosnia and the Falkland Islands. After four years he left the army and retrained as a broadcast journalist, working as a showbiz reporter in London before joining the news team at BBC Radio Leicester. In 2009 he returned to soldiering as a reservist in the Media Operations Group, serving as a Combat Camera Team leader in Afghanistan in the summer of 2011.