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(More customer reviews)Books of this genre dont often come along.
I would'nt normally read books of military history, but having it recommended by a friend I felt at least that I should give it a try. I was surprised to find it a compelling read.
The technicalities of subversive warfare were lost on me, but the human aspect of young men torn from their families and thrown into the couldron of terrorist warfare was heartbraking.
This book is written from the prospective of a young national guardsman in England in the 1950's, taken off to the Middle East to work in abject slave labor in defense of the British Empire.
The young mans nature and bearing held him apart from his friends in the army and this was quickly recognised by intelligence cheifs who recruited him into a covert unit. His missions took him, as many of his youthful counterparts in those days did, into deadly missions behind enemy territory.
Extraordinary feats of bravery and skill enabled his team to carry out covert assassinations and to make them look like accidents or suicides.
A bitter sweet tale of hope and bitter dissapointment as seen from the eyes of a young and very brave man.
I would reccomend it to anyone.
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