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Desert Sniper - How One Ordinary Brit Went to War Against ISIS (Paperback)
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Desert Sniper - How One Ordinary Brit Went to War Against ISIS (Paperback)
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Loot Price R156
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What makes an ordinary but highly educated Englishman, with no
previous military training, decide to travel and fight in one of
the most brutal conflicts on the planet? Desert Sniper is an
extraordinary, true account of one man's journey from well-meaning
volunteer to battle-scarred combat sniper, placing himself daily in
the line of fire to fight one of the greatest evils of this new
century. Ed Nash has travelled across the globe, and is working
with refugees in Burma, when he first becomes aware of the terrible
atrocities being committed under ISIS's newly established
'Caliphate', covering vast tracts of Iraq and Syria. In June 2015,
he chooses to undertake the hazardous journey, via Northern Iraq,
to Syria, to join ill-equipped and poorly trained but
battle-hardened Kurdish forces as they attempt to halt Daesh's
relentless advance. Nash is an articulate, insightful and
refreshingly honest companion as he unpacks the shifting
complexities of the political and military situation in which he
finds himself. As one of a motley band of foreign volunteer
fighters - veterans of other conflicts, adventurers and misfits,
from many different countries - we follow him through his
rudimentary training and early combat operations as he and his
companions slowly gain the trust and respect of their Kurdish
colleagues. Nash shows us the realities of the war on the ground in
Syria in fascinating detail; the privations of the ordinary Kurdish
soldiers, the terrible price paid by civilians caught in the
cross-fire, the ever-present danger of lethal suicide bombers and
occasional moments of striking beauty in amongst the carnage. A
modern classic in the making, Desert Sniper will prove to be one of
the most unforgettable accounts to emerge from the war against
ISIS.
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