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| Sniper One: The Blistering True Story of a British Battle Group Under Siege | 
 enlarge | Author: Dan Mills
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 344
Media: Paperback
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0141029013
EAN: 9780141029016
ASIN: 0141029013
Publication Date: May 15, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Slight creasing stops this being listed as very good but overall a good/v good copy
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Amazing real life account October 5, 2008
A truly amazing book. Never have I read such a page turner and its fact not fiction. This book will blow your hair back, if you have even the vaguest interest in the Iraq war you should definitely read this.
The British Army hold a small compound in Al Amarah while the reconstruction teams being their work. Unfortunately they don't get very far before the local insurgency decide to declare all out war. The first major attack is repelled, but constant insurgency eventually force the army to hold up in their compound where over a 23-day period they took 595 mortar rounds from the insurgents, 57 RPG's, 5 107mm rockets and were attacked by many hundreds of OMS fighters. A single company, massively outnumbered managed (just) to hold out, and the story as told by Dan Mills, the lead sniper is breathtaking.
Fascinating October 4, 2008
The best non-fiction modern 'war' book I've read in years. Took it on holiday & read it in 3 days. Unputdownable. Knocks spots off Bravo Two Zero (& that was bl@@dy good)
No brainer...buy it now. October 4, 2008
OMG! I cant believe this is only 3.99!!!! I spotted it in the airport on my way out on hols - but paid 3 times as much. Having read it though, I would pay that again! Much to my wifes disgust, I missed much of my holiday as I couldnt get my head out of it. A real eye opener that is fantastically written - gritty, shocking, informative, humorous, ( I couldnt stop laughing on the plane when he describes the over excited dog jumping in the pool!) and certainly makes you proud of 'our lads'.
Great read October 3, 2008
One of those books you enjoy reading. Bought this to read on my 11 hour flight to Thailand and i was 3/4 through it by the time we landed in Bangkok. The skill and courage of these soldiers is amazing.
sniper one September 29, 2008
I'm not great at describing things and i am sure as hell no jouralist. However, i'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to know what the realities of what our boys face out there on the front line really are. This book is fast paced from the start and if you are like me, you will have read the book from cover to cover in two days! One of the best books i have read in a long time.
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