Company Commander, 9780753540312
Paperback
Helmand, command, life and death: can one man bear the weight?

Company Commander

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  • Paperback

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    14 May 2013

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Summary

Six months in Helmand, under constant attack, 200 men relying on you 24⁄7. What would you do?

In 2008 Major Russell Lewis commanded a company of two hundred soldiers from the British Army’s legendary Parachute Regiment on a six-month tour in the most dangerous part of Afghanistan.

Company Commander is his story, a riveting first-person account of incredible bravery, telling what it is like to have 200 Paras depending on you constantly, to make decisions which can and …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780753540312
ISBN-10:0753540312
Author:Russell Lewis
Publisher:Ebury Publishing
Imprint:Virgin Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:14 May 2013
Weight:294g
Dimensions:198mm x 128mm x 27mm
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Critics Review

For those of us who have never seen active service, Russell Lewis’s book is an exciting introduction to the tough and dangerous world of military leadership under fire * Chris Patten *The pressures on a Company Commander are huge and in this book Russell Lewis brings to life most vividly both the intensity of the combat and the depth of care for those under his command. It is a most compelling book that shines new light on the ferocity and the humanity of the Afghanistan conflict. I commend this book to military historians and the general reader alike * General The Lord Dannatt *

About The Author

Russell Lewis

Major Russell Lewis MC was commissioned in to the Parachute Regiment in 1994. He has served three tours in Northern Ireland, one in Kosovo, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan in 2008, after which he was awarded the Military Cross.

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