This makes a welcome change from my usual Audible listening to a book behaviour, actually opening and leafing through the pages of a physical book. I found it most enjoyable (see below, I also found it a different form of history from the norm, as you stepped inside the mind of a British Army infantry officer as his career built up to the expectation of combat and then experienced the elephant, albeit the new asymmetrical warfare of Afghanistan):
This was a book from the pile of "many" paperbacks I have acquired over the years on this peculiar piece of history. "Their time" of reading has appeared to have now come. The Afghanistan list to date (in a sort of chronological order) is as follows:
- An ordinary Soldier: Doug Beattie (Irish Guards 16th Air Assault Brigade)
- 3 Para: Patrick Bishop
- 3 Commando Brigade Helmand: Ewen Southby-Tailyuor
- Joint Force Harrier: Commander Ade Orchard RN
- Apache: Ed Macey
- Apache Dawn: Damien Lewis
- Task Force Helmand: Doug Beattie
- 3 Para, Ground Truth: Patrick Bishop
- 3 Commando Brigade Helmand Assault: Ewen Southby-Tailyour
- Dead Men Risen: Toby Harnden (Welsh Guards)
- Sweating The Metal: Flt Lt Alex 'Frenchie' Duncan (Chinook)
Further recommendations list (still to get):
- Khandak Fighting with Afghans
Any further recommendations to the above greatly appreciated. So perhaps with this background knowledge I should be able to finally get into GMT's COIN "A Distant Plain" (another 'Bucket List' item).
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