Goose Green by Mark Adkin

Goose Green by Mark Adkin

Goose Green was the first land battle of the Falklands War. It was also the longest, the hardest-fought, the most controversial and the most important to win. What began as a raid became a vicious, 14-hour infantry struggle, in which 2 Para - outnumbered, exhausted, forced to attack across open ground in full daylight, and with inadequate fire support - lost their commanding officer, and almost lost the action. This is the only full-length, detailed account of this crucial battle. Drawing on the eye-witness accounts of both British and Argentinian soldiers who fought at Goose Green, and their commanders' narratives, it has become the definitive account of most important and controversial land battle of the Falklands War. A compelling story of men engaged in a battle that hung in the balance for hours, in which Colonel 'H' Jones' solo charge against an entrenched enemy won him a posthumous V.C., and which for both sides was a gruelling and often terrifying encounter.

Robert Crais is the author of the best-selling Elvis Cole novels. A native of Louisiana, he grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River in a blue collar family of oil refinery workers and police officers. He purchased a secondhand paperback of Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister when he was fifteen, which inspired his lifelong love of writing, Los Angeles, and the literature of crime fiction. After years of amateur film-making and writing short fiction, he journeyed to Hollywood in 1976 where he quickly found work writing scripts for such major television series as Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, and Miami Vice. The novels of Robert Crais have been translated into 36 languages and are bestsellers around the world. Robert Crais is the 2006 recipient of the Ross Macdonald Literary Award. He lives in the Santa Monica Mountains with his wife and three cats.

Previous titles:

Goose Green (Bfmt Nov 00);

Afghanistan the Bear Trap, co author with Mohammad Yousaf;

Prisoner

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ISBN 13	9780304354962
ISBN 10	0304354961
Title	Goose Green
Author	Mark Adkin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2000-07-06
Number of pages	256
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.