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LEWIS**, DAMIEN: : BLOODY HEROES: Utimate betrayal.Ultimate firepower.Ultimate revenge.The true story of Britain's secret warriors in Afghanistan

LONDON.CENTURY,2006.

ISBN 1844138674.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork by Lary Rostant,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white,glossy embossed, red+white outlined tan letters (author +title) and other flat printed white lettering to front,similar coloured author+title but flat printed,lettering to spine/backstrip, rear panel with white lettered critics' reviews of 'Operation Certain Death.'; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned but still fairly bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – virtually pristine,appears unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and clean plain white sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, acknowledgements+picture credits,author's note,x-xiipp+3-318pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters+Epilogue,24pp contemporary colour photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp46/7,pp158/9 and pp254/5 respectively,a glossary; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication, contents list/table,an epigram ((Koran,(9:111) with note on security to its reverse. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/ state of preservation and presentation. In the Afghan wild lands,British and American special forces soldiers ate, slept,fought and died alongside each other - working in close-knit units the likes of which have rarely been seen since the Second World War.This is the story of the trials and exploits,the victories and defeats,of one of those units. This book takes us from the first ever assault against a terrorist ship carrying weapons of mass destruction to attack London,to the epic siege of the terrorist-held Qala-I-Janghi fortress in Afghanistan. In the interim,our half-a- dozen soldier-characters deliver suitcases stuffed with millions of dollars in cash to 'friendly' Afghan warlords; they penetrate the towering heights of the uncharted Naka Valley,where allied intelligence has identified the mother of all terrorist training camps; they fight in the labyrinthine tunnels running beneath the Afghan mountains; and they risk all to rescue their fellow soldiers from a downed aircraft stranded on a snow-blasted mountain peak. The book culminates in the single battle in which more terrorists were killed than any other in Afghanistan: the siege of Qala-I-Janghi,an ancient mud-walled fortress used to imprison the most dangerous Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters. The battle for Qala-I-Janghi would last a staggering eight days,from the moment of the first shots being fired at the start of the uprising to the hour that the fort yielded up the last Al Qaeda fighters.It is a battle in which over 500 terrorists would die - but which would also claim the life of a US serviceman and dozens of Northern Alliance allies,with scores of severely wounded British and American soldiers.And in the final denouement,this savage battlefield turns out to be populated by the most ultimately shocking enemy - John Walker Lindh,the white American Taliban who held out in the forts' bunker until the very last.At the same time as the story of the fort siege played out on TV screens all across the world,our band of British and American special forces were involved in a secret, deadly dual to rescue their fellow men - a duel that only one side could win. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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