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We aren't home yet, Major Paul Darling reminds his team at the end
of a sixteen-hour day. "Two more miles and we are done. We have
pissed off a lot of Taliban today, and they are going to want
payback." Shortly, the major will find himself sitting on a
concrete basketball court next to the bunker where the day started
so long ago, talking by satellite phone to his wife on the other
side of the world. When she asks, "What happened?" there is too
much to say. But one day, he promises himself, he will put into
words what it was like-one day in the life of a combat soldier in
Afghanistan in 2009. This is the story of that day. In crisp prose
and sharp detail Darling offers a moment-by-moment account of a
one-day mission to track down and kill Taliban insurgents in the
Zabul Province of southeastern Afghanistan. A rare day-in-the-life
narrative that is also a page-turner, his story captures the
mundane realities of deployment-the waiting, the heat, the heavy
gear, the 0345 wake-up-along with the high-octane experience of
crossing foreign terrain where every turn, every decision might
have life or death consequences. The living accommodations,
reporting up the chain of command, the bureaucracy, and the almost
insurmountable challenges of functioning effectively in two
cultures-all become intimately real in Darling's telling as he
balances the imperatives of his mission and the skills of his men
against the ever-multiplying unknowns, the unpredictable and
dangerous Afghan "allies," and the elusive enemy: the unseen IED
and the possibility of fatal miscalculation. In the midst of the
soldier's everyday drama of never quite knowing what comes next,
Darling's moments of humor and reflection put the chaos and
uncertainties of combat into a larger perspective. The story is
about one man and the ethical choices and compromises he has to
make as a leader-a man who has promises to keep: to family; to
country; to his soldiers, both Afghan and American; and,
ultimately, to himself.
The fourth edition of Wilmot Smith on Construction Contracts
continues to take a clear and practical approach to the law and
practice relating to construction contracts in the UK. It provides
comprehensive coverage of the substantive law and modern dispute
resolution procedures in the field of construction and gives clear
guidance when seeking difficult answers. Paul Darling Q.C. has
joined Richard Wilmot-Smith Q.C. as co-editor. Together they have
updated, refined and extended the work's coverage. The author team
includes new and high-profile practitioners in the field of
international arbitration (including Peter Rees Q.C. and David
Bateson) and ADR (with Edwin Glasgow Q.C. joining Marion Smith Q.C.
in re-casting the chapter on mediation). David Sawtell has
considerably re-cast the chapter on adjudication. The law on extra
contractual claims (unjust enrichment) has been substantively
revised and updated by a leading expert on unjust enrichment. The
work provides key practical tips including: where and when you
issue proceedings; what the judges will expect and their
preferences; and how trials can be made shorter. A separate section
analyses enforcement of adjudicators' awards, covering recent case
law on this area. This is carefully examined and digested in detail
to ensure the reader has an understanding of the pitfalls of
enforcement. Richard Wilmot-Smith QC and Paul Darling QC ensure
that the work continues to provide an essential source of reference
on this area of the law. Their practical approach and reliance on
clear exposition is prevalent throughout this book, and it is
allied with deep scholarship to secure its position as a definitive
work on construction law.
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