First Casualty - The Six-Day Battle That Began Two Decades of War in Afghanistan (Harnden Toby)(Paperback / softback)

''Gripping ... A terrific action narrative'' Max Hastings ''Reads like a Tom Clancy thriller, yet every word is true ... This is modern warfare close-up and raw'' Andrew Roberts Bestselling and Orwell Prize-winning author Toby Harnden tells the gripping and incredible story of the six-day battle that began the War in Afghanistan and how it set the scene for twenty years of conflict. The West is in shock. Al-Qaeda has struck the US on 9/11 and thousands are dead.Within weeks, UK Special Forces enter the fray in Afghanistan alongside the CIA''s Team Alpha and US troops.Victory is swift, but frag
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