Black Knights by Oliver Poole
The riveting Band of Brothers tale of a young British journalist embedded in a US tank corps known as the Black Knights as they spearheaded the push into Baghdad in spring 2003.'The best reporter's book on the war so far – and it deserves to be one of the books of the whole Iraq crisisThe eyewitness accounts of the fighting, the terrible guilt of the soldiers and bystanders at the killing of civilians, the overwhelming confusion, the continuous questioning of why they are there are exhilarating and chilling…from his embedded experience, Oliver Poole gives the clearest account of what the fighting was like, and the problems encountered then, which have now become the problem of full-scale guerrilla war. Poole's eye and pen are sharpened by being a lonely Brit among the American legions' Robert Fox, Evening Standard
'Poole's reportage has an edgy adrenaline-fired freshness…This is an exhilarating, honest, often scary account of modern war as close-up spectator' Peter Millar, Sunday Times
'[Poole's] account of the baptism of fire endured by a US tank company is starkly horrific in places. It is also witty, often laugh-out-loud funny, and spiced with some wonderfully colourful pen-portraits' Soldier magazine
'This extraordinary account of the spectacle and emotion of warfare rings with authenticity. Oliver Poole has dramatically captured the face of modern battle' Patrick Bishop, author of Fighter Boys
Oliver Poole is the West Coast of America correspondent for the Daily Telegraph based in Los Angeles. An Oxford graduate, he started his job in September 2001, arriving in New York on one of the first planes allowed out of Heathrow following the 11September terrorist attacks.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007174386 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007174381 |
| Title | Black Knights |
| Author | Oliver Poole |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2003-11-03 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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