Sergio Miller

Pride and Fall (eBook, ePUB)

The British Army in Afghanistan, 2001-2014

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A detailed new account of the British military campaign in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014, based on the experiences of those who served.

On 11 September 2001 19 al-Qaeda-inspired jihadists hijacked four aircraft and mounted the deadliest terrorist attack in history. The outrage triggered a chain of events that saw British forces drawn into a lengthy military campaign against a fierce insurgency in Afghanistan.

In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, NATO invoked Article 5 of the Washington Treaty that obligated military assistance to the United States. The British government supported the initial US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, and subsequently committed troops to Kabul and northern Afghanistan from 2002 onwards. However, in January 2006, following NATO's expansion southwards, Britain committed a battlegroup from the Parachute Regiment to Helmand Province in what became known as Operation Herrick, with Defence Secretary John Reid stating he 'would be perfectly happy to leave in three years and without firing one shot'. The reality was very different. From 2006 to 2014, a succession of British task forces rotated through Helmand and fought against an implacable enemy. When they finally withdrew in 2014, British forces had suffered losses of more than 450 killed and 2,000 wounded. The Taliban were not defeated and would grow stronger.

Sergio Miller served in Defence Intelligence in Whitehall throughout the campaign, and Pride and Fall answers the many questions surrounding the conflict. Based on abundant open-source material generated by the war and first-hand testimonies, this is the story of the men and women who served.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472868305
• Artikelnr.: 72250458

Autorenporträt

Sergio Miller is a former British Army Intelligence Corps officer who served in Special Forces. He was deployed to Northern Ireland and undertook assignments in South America and East Asia. In the First Gulf War he served as an intelligence briefer to the UK Joint Commander. Since leaving the regular armed forces he has worked in the defence industry. Sergio continues to support the Reserves and is also the author of the two-part history of the Vietnam War, In Good Faith and No Wider War, published by Osprey, as well as a regular contributor the British Army's house journal British Army Review, and writes regularly for British military blogging site The Wavell Room.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1
The Planes Operation Chapter 2
International Rescue Chapter 3
A Particularly Difficult Operation Chapter 4
Unfix the Force Chapter 5
Take the Fight to the Enemy Chapter 6
The Prize is the Population Chapter 7
Fixed Again Chapter 8
Serving in Hell
Land Chapter 9
The Commandos Return Chapter 10
Crisis Year Chapter 11
All Change Chapter 12
Doing the Hard Yards (Successfully) Chapter 13
The Rush for the Exit Door

Rezensionen

Forensically researched.