Extreme Risk (Paperback)

The explosive new non-fiction title from the author of Eight Lives Down.
In this edgy, fast-paced and incredibly moving account, Chris Hunter chronicles the remarkable journey of a teenager with few hopes and limited prospects who went on to become one of the most successful counter-terrorism operators in Britain.
Hunter depicts his grueling officer training at Sandhurst, and afterwards as a young troop commander in Bosnia. He describes how, as a bomb disposal operator in Northern Ireland and Iraq, he witnessed horrendous acts of terrorism and recounts the methods he employed to outsmart the terrorists who repeatedly tried to target him.
Hunter takes us to some of the most perilous places on earth as he and his team relentlessly attempt to track down the world's leading terrorists and disrupt their networks. A journey that takes us from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to the murky back-streets of Colombia and Israel. Whether he's protecting members of the Royal Family, responding to the 2005 London suicide bombings or trying to foil Al Qaeda bomb plots, he provides a fascinating, no-holds-barred insight into a fascinating world that has rarely been documented by somebody on the inside.
By turns gritty, absorbing, and heart-breaking, this is the portrait of a man prepared to sacrifice everything for his country, but to concede nothing to the terrorists.

General

Imprint:	Corgi Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Chris Hunter
Dimensions:	198 x 127 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	480
ISBN-13:	978-0-552-15759-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Special & elite forces Books > Fiction > True stories > War / combat / elite forces > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General
LSN:	0-552-15759-7
Barcode:	9780552157599

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