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Painting the Sand (Hardcover)
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Painting the Sand (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R400
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The Sunday Times and international Bestseller. 'Breathtaking. Kim
Hughes is the man who stands between us and oblivion.' Andy McNab
(author of Bravo Two Zero) 'An uplifting and enlightening account
of the personal courage and dedication required to do a very lonely
job in the most extreme of conditions'. John Nichol (The Mail On
Sunday) 'A heart-pounding behind-the-scenes look at one of the most
dangerous trades in the military,' Soldier magazine. 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 grueling
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 mean death. This is one of the
best memoirs that will come out of a ten-year struggle to defeat a
hidden, and enduring, enemy.
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