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Into the Killing Zone: Dispatches from the Frontline in Afghanistan | 
 enlarge | Author: Sean Rayment
Publisher: Constable
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 8747
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 1845296931
EAN: 9781845296933
ASIN: 1845296931
Publication Date: September 11, 2008
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Lucid and hard hitting account of conflict in Afghanistan October 2, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
There has been a flurry of books covering the recent intense combat in Afghanistan which began for the British in 2006. The majority have been Ministry of Defence sponsored accounts. This is one of the few unofficial narratives.
Rayment's prose is crisp, punchy and leaves the reader in little doubt of the gargantuan task that British troops face in Helmand.
While most books have simply concentrated on the heroism of your average 'Tom', 'Into The Killing Zone' includes many gripping tales of combat but still asks some serious questions over NATO's strategy in Afghanistan and how our government's spin doctors have successfully managed to obscure some dubious decisions.
We learn for the first time that Brigadier Ed Butler, in charge of the first troops in Helmand, was effectively bullied by the Afghan government into deploying our tiny force of soldiers into fixed positions throughout the province.
The result was that each group simply became besieged by the Taliban who mounted ferocious and often deadly attacks against their positions. The British lost the initiative and the campaign stalled in those vital first months.
Where, we ask ourselves, was Tony Blair when this decision was taken? Why did he not intervene with President Hamid Karzai on Ed Butler's behalf or bring US pressure to bare? How many British and Afghan civilian lives were lost as a result?
This highly readable book does not provide the answers to these questions but at least Rayment has had the courage to ask them.
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