Operation snakebite
While the author served as an embedded reporter with Company B, 2 Yorks in southern Afghanistan in 2007, he saw firsthand the chaos of battle during Operation Snakebite. The operation's mission was to secure Musa Qala, a town integral to the drug trade, from the Taliban. The author draws on more than 200 interviews with those involved in Britain's war in southern Afghanistan, to provide insight into the fighting on the field, as well as the political infighting which occurred behind closed door…
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- Full title :Operation snakebite / Stephen Grey.
Summary
While the author served as an embedded reporter with Company B, 2 Yorks in southern Afghanistan in 2007, he saw firsthand the chaos of battle during Operation Snakebite. The operation's mission was to secure Musa Qala, a town integral to the drug trade, from the Taliban. The author draws on more than 200 interviews with those involved in Britain's war in southern Afghanistan, to provide insight into the fighting on the field, as well as the political infighting which occurred behind closed doors.
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- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Viking
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:xv, 351 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : color illustrations, maps ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780670917860, 0670917869, 9780670918348, 0670918342, 9780141038308, 0141038306
- oclc:ocn298597963
- LC Classification:DS371.4123.O67
- Dewey Decimal:958.1047092
Table of Contents
Prologue : the eyewitness -- pt. 1. The rebellion. Desert of death -- Band of brothers -- The fort of Moses -- Among the Taliban -- pt. 2. The population is the prize. Arriving in Helmand -- Mullah Salaam -- Corrupt measures -- The war cabinet -- pt. 3. The Taliban strikes back. The patrol to Khevalabad -- Draft orders -- Killer with a conscience -- The battle of 9/11 -- pt. 4. The plan. Camping with wolves -- War, tea, and sugared almonds -- Alone in Sangin -- Decision -- The manhunt -- The Yanks are coming! -- The final plan -- Camp Shorobak -- pt. 5. The battle. The militia : 4-6 December -- D-Day : 7 December -- Battle for the Wadi : 8 December -- Night of the spectre : 9 December -- Diversion : 10 December -- Raising the flag : 11-17 December -- pt. 6. The aftermath. Perfidy -- The cost of it all -- Cracking on -- A man with a plan? -- Appendix : names of killed in action.
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