by Michael Asher (Author)
'Bravo Two Zero' was the code-name of the famous SAS operation: a classic story of bravery in the face of overwhelming odds. BRAVO TWO ZERO by patrol commander 'Andy McNab' became an international best-seller, as did the book by 'Chris Ryan' (THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY). Both men became millionaires. Three members of the patrol were killed. One, veteran sergeant Vince Phillips, was blamed in both books for a succession of mistakes. As Michael Asher reveals, the stories in BRAVO TWO ZERO and THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY grew considerably in the telling. Their heroic tales of taking out tanks with their rocket launchers, mowing down hundreds of Iraqi soldiers, the silent stabbing of the occasional sentry, were never mentioned at their post-war debriefings...In an investigation literally in the footsteps of the patrol, one step ahead of the Iraqi police, Michael Asher tells the true story.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 233
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Cassell & Co.
Published: 09 Apr 2002
ISBN 10: 0304363693
ISBN 13: 9780304363698
Book Overview: Sunday Times Best Seller 'This book is much too good to be left to the SAS-worshippers...readers will find his reconstruction of this 'twentieth-century Charge of the Light Brigade' absolutely enthralling - and share his feeling that the true story is quite stirring enough without embellishments.' THE SCOTSMAN 'What really happened when the now-famous SAS eight-man patrol landed behind enemy lines in Iraq during the Gulf War' DAILY MAIL Reveals that Andy McNab and Chris Ryan fabricated large parts of their stories and blamed a dead comrade for their own errors A fascinating detective story as Asher returns to Iraq to follow the footsteps of 'Bravo Two Zero', himself staying one step ahead of the Iraqi police