Afghan Heat is a fast paced story of an SAS operative on operations from SAS selection through to a tour on the battlefields of Afghanistan. The book follows individual operations where special forces, aircraft, and the latest surveillance technology are fused together - in order to capture key figures or simply take out an enemy stronghold.
The books account is both gritty and graphical as it follows the SAS, battling at times against overwhelming odds in a hostile country. Fighting a war hardened enemy with years of experience fighting occupying forces. Even these elite soldiers with advanced weaponry and immense fire support at their disposal are put to the ultimate test of skill and courage fighting in the 'Stan.
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Time and again the SAS have displayed a range of skills and levels of personal courage that have not only made them the envy of the world, but they have also delivered spectacular results. From their inception the SAS they have operated around the world from the Jungles in Belize through Northern Ireland and the Middle East in Iran and Iraq as well as plenty of other exotic locations. Afghan Heat follows the SAS in Afghanistan giving an intimate picture of what it is like fighting a war hardened enemy in a harsh environment. The Taliban are no push over fighting both tenaciously and fearlessly in order to regain power and get rid of coalition forces.
The SAS was part of a coalition dismantling, in what US General David Petraeus, the former NATO commander, has described as “an industrial-strength insurgency”. The SASs skills have been in almost constant demand since 2001. When two squadrons deployed to Afghanistan under ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’ to overthrow the Taliban, as part of the war on terror. During the early years of their involvement in the war on terror, they were badly under-resourced.
This book is based on real operations, with the fast paced action being both gritty and graphical at times, as the SAS battle against overwhelming odds in a hostile land. Fighting a war hardened enemy with years of experience fighting occupying forces. Even these elite soldiers with advanced weaponry and immense fire support at their disposal are put to the ultimate test of skill and courage, fighting in the ‘Stan.’ The story cuts out the hours spent waiting for an operation or something to ‘kick off.’ The phrase ‘train hard and fight easy’ is a cornerstone of the SAS and the British Army doctrine.
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French
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Translated by Romain Egio
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Italian
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Translated by Giovanni Torremacco
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Portuguese
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Translated by Jorge Ledezma
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