Born For War: One SAS Trooper’s Extraordinary Account of the Falklands
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‘A no holdout account of the Falklands War from a man who was in the fight.’ Andy McNab
Tony Hoare always knew he wanted to be in the SAS and so, after working his way through the ranks, he passed arduous SAS selection in 1978.
Less than four years later, Tony and his team were sent to the Falklands, just off the coast of Argentina, where tensions were rising and war was on the horizon. Nothing could have prepared him for what happened over the course of the next 12 weeks, as the Falkland Islands became a battleground between the British and Argentinians. As helicopters crashed and ships sank, Tony battled across treacherous terrain to help reclaim the islands from a fearsome enemy.
This is a thrilling account of the Falklands from a trooper who saw it all.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Welbeck (3 Aug. 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 320 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1802791418 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1802791419 |
| Dimensions | 19.8 x 2.7 x 12.8 cm |
by Fantastic powerful book
Some great accounts of different tasking going right and wrong.
Thoroughly enjoyed! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experience.
by Christopher Manners
One SAS troopers extraordinary account of the Falklands war- might as well read as a plagiarised account taken from Cedric Delves book Across an Angry Sea. The SAS troopers experiences in the book are scant and he talks about non SAS related events that he would not have known about at the time. One doesn’t need a battle synopsis on the battle of Goose Green (totally unnecessary for this book and unrelated to an SAS account of the war). Glaring errors talk about the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, as supposed to HMS Invincible, which was the ship deployed. Worst of all referring to the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Parachute Battalion as Col ‘Harry’ H Jones, not Herbert Jones and ‘Brigadier Moore’ (Maj Gen Jeremy Moore). The book has been lazily written and edited. The book offers nothing new to those interested in this particular period of history.
by JimmyD
Picked this book up on Kindle. Really enjoyed it but some of the book I thought I had read before. I went through my collection and realised why. His wife Jenny had written a book in the 90’s called ‘Biting the bullet, married to the SAS’ Also, a good read.
by Amazon Customer
Book fell apart after a day of reading it, the pages came unstuck
by Aiden Goulden
Not a bad account of the Falklands war, but the author was, frustratingly, very keen to espouse some interesting political views and has a bit of a rose tinted view of the past which tainted the story he was trying to tell.
by Jack Colbert
I thought it was a great read and highly recommended.
by Pete
Got this for my holiday and found it interesting but doesn’t give as much detail as other books I’ve read on the same subject
by James Singh
A good read to understand the emotions felt before and during battle – what it’s like to lose friends , dealing with PTSD . Wished there were some photos but written in a language that easy to understand and makes you feel as though you are on the ship or on the ground with the troops. There is even a bit of humour during the skirmishes. Would definitely recommend !!!