Painting the sand : one man's fight against the Taliban bomb-makers of Helmand
Hughes, Kim (Bomb disposal operator)2018
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This is a book about science, bombs, and what happens to the human psyche when every day you go to work might be your last. Kim Hughes is the most highly decorated bomb disposal operator serving in the British Army. He was awarded the George Cross in 2009 following a gruelling six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan during which he defused 119 improvised explosive devices, survived numerous Taliban ambushes and endured a close encounter with the Secretary of State for Defence. The back drop to 'Painting the Sand' is the Afghan War, the conflict where the cold courage of the bomb disposal operator rose to national prominence. No other field of warfare offers the chance of a single individual to come so close to his enemy and fight out a battle of wits where losing can means death.
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London : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
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326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
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Originally published: 2017.
ISBN:
9781471156724 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2231686