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1. Andy McNab

Down to the Wire

From the day he was found in a carrier bag on the steps of Guy's Hospital in London, Andy McNab has led an extraordinary life.As a teenage delinquent, Andy McNab kicked against society. As a young soldier he waged war against the IRA in the streets and fields of South Armagh. As a member of 22 SAS he was at the centre of covert operations for nine years – on five continents. During the Gulf War he commanded Bravo Two Zero, a patrol that, in the words of his commanding officer, 'will remain in regimental history for ever'. Awarded both the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) and Military Medal (MM) during his military career, McNab was the British Army's most highly decorated serving soldier when he finally left the SAS.Since then Andy McNab has become one of the world’s best-selling writers, drawing on his insider knowledge and experience. As well as several non-fiction bestsellers including Bravo Two Zero, the biggest selling British work of military history, he is the author of the best-selling Nick Stone and Tom Buckingham thrillers. He has also written a number of books for children.Besides his writing work, he lectures to security and intelligence agencies in both the USA and UK, works in the film industry advising Hollywood on everything from covert procedure to training civilian actors to act like soldiers. He continues to be a spokesperson and fundraiser for both military and literacy charities.

Andy McNab's Tour of Duty

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Andy McNab's Tour of Duty is a British documentary television series about the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War. First broadcast in June and July 2008 on ITV4, the show is presented by ex-SAS soldier Andy McNab, and is cast as an insight into the life of the Allied soldiers in these conflicts, setting aside the already well documented politics of the conflicts and giving accounts in the soldier's own personal frames of reference.The series combines first hand accounts and amateur film footage shot by the soldiers on the ground, with official archive footage from the Ministry of Defence, and reconstructions.

Andy McNab

Andy McNab (* 28. Dezember 1959 in London) ist ein britischer Schriftsteller, dessen richtiger Name nicht bekannt ist. Andy McNab begann als junger Soldat 1976 seinen Dienst bei der Infanterie der britischen Armee. 1984 wurde er Mitglied des 22. Special Air Service Regiments (im folgenden: SAS). Hier diente er neun Jahre lang in der B Squadron. Er nahm an offenen wie verdeckten Operationen des SAS einschließlich Anti-Terror- und Anti-Drogen-Operationen im Mittleren Osten, Fernost, Süd- und Zentral-Amerika und nicht zuletzt Nord-Irland teil. Als ausgebildeter Spezialist in der Terrorismusbekämpfung, Zielvernichtung, Sabotage, Waffen und Taktik, Observation, Informationsgewinnung in feindlicher Umgebung und Personenschutz arbeitete er in Kooperation mit Polizeieinheiten, Strafvollzug, Anti-Drogen-Einheiten und mit vom Westen unterstützten Guerillabewegungen.

Bravo Two Zero

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.Bravo Two Zero was the call sign of an eight-man British Army SAS patrol, deployed into Iraq during the First Gulf War in January, 1991. According to one patrol member's account, the patrol were given the task of "gathering intelligence;... finding a good LUP (lying up position) and setting up an OP" on the Iraqi Main Supply Route (MSR) between Baghdad and North-Western Iraq, while according to another, the task was to find and destroy Iraqi Scud (missile launchers) along a 250 km (160 mi) stretch of the MSR. The patrol was the subject of several books, firstly patrol commander Andy McNab's Bravo Two Zero (1993) followed by Chris Ryan's The One That Got Away (1995). Accounts in both these books, as well as the account by the SAS's RSM at the time of the patrol, Peter Ratcliffe (Eye of the Storm, 2000), did not always correspond, leading to accusations of lying from the media, the investigative book The Real Bravo Two Zero (2002) by Michael Asher which followed the patrol route and interviewed witnesses, and the subsequent book, Soldier Five by patrol member "Kiwi Mike" in 2004. For McNab's conduct during the patrol, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, whilst Ryan, and two other patrol members (Steven Lane and Robert Consiglio) were awarded the Military Medal.

1. Alex Dekker

The Desert Heist

Alex Dekker served as a member of the U.S. Army Special Forces 'Green Berets' for nearly 20 years, first with 5th Special Forces Group and then as a special operations team member assigned to the United States Army Special Operations Command. He has deployed multiple times to Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations worldwide, and has attended multiple advanced tactical and technical schools within the U.S. Special Operations community and interagency. Alex has traveled to dozens of countries for work and personal adventures and has spent years living abroad. He is an avid student of history who has participated as a volunteer in numerous archaeological digs, is an Arabic speaker, and holds a Masters in Applied Intelligence from Georgetown University. When not traveling, Alex lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Savannah, a former CIA Operations Officer, their children, and their German Shepherd Donovan.

1. John , Case

Dance Of Death

From The Genesis Code to The Murder Artist John Case has established himself as the master of unrelenting suspense. Now Case choreographs his most diabolically chilling novel to date as the very fabric of civilisation threatens to come apart in the hands of a brilliantly vengeful madman...Photojournalist Mike Burke has carried his camera into every war zone and hellhole on earth - and come back with the pictures (and battle scars) to prove it. He is flying high until quite suddenly he isn't. When Burke's helicopter crashes and burns in Africa he comes away with his life but loses his heart to the woman who saves him. That's when he decides it is time to stop dancing with the devil. But the devil isn't done with him yet...