Operation Snakebite by Stephen Grey
Coming up to Christmas, and reporter Stephen Grey is embedded with B Company, 2 Yorks, in southern Afghanistan during Operation Snakebite. Their mission: to take the Taliban stronghold of Musa Qala. For some this battle will be their last.
ExemplaryAn uncommonly vivid portrait of battle, matched by sharp investigation of purposes, intrigues and cock-ups -- Max Hastings * Sunday Times *
Superb, fast-paced. Captures the grit and the gore, the exhaustion and emotion, the killing and the dying. A fine piece of war reporting -- Raymond Bonner * Guardian *
Grey manages to get across the chaos and the hellish fear experienced by those under fire at the sharp end of battle. Will long outlast the events it recounts * Sunday Herald *
The fear, the courage, the uncertainty, the gut-wrenching personal tragedies and the sheer mayhem of two days' intensive fighting is frequently more vivid than any film. Terrific -- Misha Glenny * Mail on Sunday *
A fascinating insight . . . a catalogue of doubt, criticism and anger -- David Crouch * Financial Times *
A revealing, exceptional piece of reportage -- Michael Smith * New Statesman *
Superb, fast-paced. Captures the grit and the gore, the exhaustion and emotion, the killing and the dying. A fine piece of war reporting -- Raymond Bonner * Guardian *
Grey manages to get across the chaos and the hellish fear experienced by those under fire at the sharp end of battle. Will long outlast the events it recounts * Sunday Herald *
The fear, the courage, the uncertainty, the gut-wrenching personal tragedies and the sheer mayhem of two days' intensive fighting is frequently more vivid than any film. Terrific -- Misha Glenny * Mail on Sunday *
A fascinating insight . . . a catalogue of doubt, criticism and anger -- David Crouch * Financial Times *
A revealing, exceptional piece of reportage -- Michael Smith * New Statesman *
Stephen Grey is a 41-year-old journalist based in London best known for his world-exclusive revelations on the CIA's secret rendition program. His first book Ghost Plane, on the subject of rendition, was published in 2006. He is a former editor on the Sunday Times' investigations unit.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141038308 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141038306 |
| Title | Operation Snakebite |
| Author | Stephen Grey |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-02-04 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
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