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Bravo Two Zero
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£6.99 (Incl. VAT)
Andy McNab
Paperback, 414 pages
9780552153577
In January 1991, eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon a top
secret mission that was to infiltrate them deep behind enemy lines.
Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they were to sever the
underground communication link between Baghdad and north-west Iraq, and
to seek and destroy mobile Scud launchers. Their call sign: Bravo Two
Zero. Each man laden with 15 stone of equipment, they patrolled 20 km
across flat desert to reach their objective. Within days, their
location was compromised. After a fierce firefight, they were forced to
escape and evade on foot to the Syrian border. In the desperate action
that followed, though stricken by hypothermia and other injuries, the
patrol 'went ballistic'. Four men were captured. Three died. Only one
escaped. For the survivors, however, the worst ordeals were to come.
Delivered to Baghdad, they were tortured with a savagery for which not
even their intensive SAS training had prepared them. "Bravo Two Zero"
is a breathtaking account of Special Forces soldiering: a chronicle of
superhuman courage, endurance and dark humour in the face of
overwhelming odds.
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