Task Force Black: The explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq
Feb 2010 · Hachette UK
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When British and American forces invaded Iraq in April 2003, their intelligence operations got to work looking for the WMD their governments had promised us were there. They quickly realised no such weapons existed. Instead they become faced with an ever-increasing spiral of extremism and violence that was almost impossible to understand, let alone contain.
This book tells the story of what happened next, one of the most dramatic and sustained operations in our recent military history. Up against the wall, under the aegis of the joint forces commanded by Major General McChrystal, our men moved into action using the wide variety of aircraft and weaponry at their disposal. Combining intelligence with brute force, the SAS went on the attack, night after night targeting Al-Qaeda and other insurgent groups with an intensity never before practiced by the service, destroying the terrorist threat and saving lives.
This book tells the story of what happened next, one of the most dramatic and sustained operations in our recent military history. Up against the wall, under the aegis of the joint forces commanded by Major General McChrystal, our men moved into action using the wide variety of aircraft and weaponry at their disposal. Combining intelligence with brute force, the SAS went on the attack, night after night targeting Al-Qaeda and other insurgent groups with an intensity never before practiced by the service, destroying the terrorist threat and saving lives.
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3.6
23 reviews
Peter Miklosko
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May 31, 2023
Very heavy and dry factual book based on the events of the Iraqi war from a journalist's point of view, just monetising the SAS name as something called Special Forces in the Iraqi war would have not sold so well.
Will Will
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November 13, 2019
Full on facts mixed with a little story telling. I enjoyed this book. I would recommend you read it if you're at all interested about the truly evil things evil people can do to one another and the huge difficulty that the Coalition faced in a country that had enormous problems, both from local and foreign players.
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David
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July 8, 2015
Very good factual insight into the role the British special forces played in Iraq. It's not the usual "6 man patrol takes down Iraqi battalion". It's a deep analytical portrayal of the reality of special forces soldiering and political tinkering
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Mark Urban is Diplomatic and Defence Editor for Newsnight. He is the author Big Boys' Rules, Rifles and Fuslilers
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