Showing 3 items matching "afghan war 2001-2021 - military operations - britain"
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Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, HarperPress, Apache : the man, the machine, the mission, 2008
... Afghan war 2001-2021 - Military operations - Britain...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Afghan war 2001-2021 - Military operations ...Apache' is the first book to come from the cockpit of the most sophisticated fighting helicopter the world has ever known. Designed in the mid 1980s to take on the Soviets, these machines have proven themselves as the perfect tool for combat in Afghanistan. Ed Macy's account of the incredibly hard Apache selection process, tougher than that of the SAS, combined with his description of the sheer difficulty of flying one of these helicopters provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between man and machine fighting in the toughest conditions imaginable.Index, ill, maps, p.374.non-fictionApache' is the first book to come from the cockpit of the most sophisticated fighting helicopter the world has ever known. Designed in the mid 1980s to take on the Soviets, these machines have proven themselves as the perfect tool for combat in Afghanistan. Ed Macy's account of the incredibly hard Apache selection process, tougher than that of the SAS, combined with his description of the sheer difficulty of flying one of these helicopters provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between man and machine fighting in the toughest conditions imaginable.afghan war 2001-2021 - military operations - britain, afghan war 2001-2021 - personal narratives - britain -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Simon & Schuster, An ordinary soldier : Afghanistan: a ferocious enemy, a bloody conflict, one man's impossible mission, 2008
... Afghan war 2001-2021 - Military operations - Britain...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Afghan war 2001-2021 - Military operations ...An outstandingly written, first-person account of a decorated British soldier's experience of fighting Taliban forces in Afghanistan.Index, ill, maps, p.305.non-fictionAn outstandingly written, first-person account of a decorated British soldier's experience of fighting Taliban forces in Afghanistan.afghan war 2001-2021 - military operations - britain, afghan war 2001-2021 - personal narratives - britain -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Viking books, Operation Snakebite : the explosive true story of an Afghan desert siege, 2009
... Afghan war 2001-2021 - Military operations - Britain...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Afghan war 2001-2021 - Military operations ...Reveals the war within the war: the battle not only for the hearts and minds of Afghanis but between soldiers and spies , between allies sharply divided by purpose.Ill, maps, p.337.non-fictionReveals the war within the war: the battle not only for the hearts and minds of Afghanis but between soldiers and spies , between allies sharply divided by purpose.afghan war 2001-2021 - military operations - britain, afghan war 2001-2021 - political aspects
