Customer Reviews
Amazing real life account - By: Random Task, 05 Oct 2008 
A truly amazing book. Never have I read such a page turner & its fact not fiction. This book will blow your hair back, if you have even the vaguest interestin the Iraq war you should definitely read this.
The British Army hold a small compoundin 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 upin their compound where over a 23-day period they took 595 mortar rounds from the insurgents, 57 RPG's, 5 107mm rockets & were attacked by many hundreds of OMS fighters. A single company, massively outnumbered managed (just) to hold out, & the story as told by Dan Mills, the lead sniper is breathtaking.
No brainer...buy it now. - By: A. Prince, 04 Oct 2008 OMG! I cant believe this is only £3.99!!!! I spotted itin 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 jumpingin the pool!) & certainly makes you proud of 'our lads'.
Great read - By: D. A. Olinger, 03 Oct 2008 One of those books you enjoy reading. Bought this to read on my 11 hour flight to Thailand & i was 3/4 through it by the time we landedin Bangkok. The skill & courage of these soldiers is amazing.
sniper one - By: Rob Lee, 29 Sep 2008 I'm not great at describing things & 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 & if you are like me, you will have read the book from cover to coverin two days! One of the best books i have readin a long time.
21st Century Rorke's Drift - By: I. Price, 20 Sep 2008 
If you thought that Britain's involvementin Iraq was all 'hearts & minds' & smiles for the camera (as politicians may have you believe) while the Americans got stuck in, then this book will put you right. A stunning account of how the Prince of Wales Royal Regiment pulled off a modern day Rorke's Drift style operationin defence of Al-Amarah (the backdrop to Pte. Johnson Beharry's VC award). The book starts with a bang & continues from there, even when you think things have quietened down it all kicks off again. A brilliant roller-coaster account of what life must be like as a modern British soldier fighting a vicious war that few people understand or know about.
