by Danny Danziger (Author)
What is it like to drive a Challenger tank over desert terrain for six days in a row? Or hover an Apache AH1 attack helicopter a hundred metres above enemy ground? How quickly can a Sapper clear a field of unexploded devices, or build a bridge - or blow one up? What is it like to fix bayonets, and engage in hand to hand combat, or train a 5.56 mm SA80 sniper sight on an enemy soldier, and pull the trigger? How do you find out what a soldier must learn on his way to war...? Ask him. In this extraordinary book, Danny Danziger interviews the people who fight our wars for us, providing a unique insight into the reality of what we ask of our armed forces. Groundbreaking and utterly compelling, WE ARE SOLDIERS takes the reader to the heart of the 21st century soldier's experience.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Sphere
Published: 02 Sep 2010
ISBN 10: 1847443966
ISBN 13: 9781847443960
Provides an introduction to the army for the complete outsider.. . . Its strength is that it allows the many different voices of the army to come across authentically. . . . Danziger is obviously a good listener because his subjects are frank, sometimes uncomfortably so. slate.com