First Casualty, 9781787396463
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First battle, forgotten warnings: Afghanistan’s bloody beginning foretold a long war.

First Casualty

the untold story of the battle that began the war in afghanistan

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  • Paperback

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    1 August 2022

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Summary

First Casualty: The Untold Story of the Afghanistan War’s First Battle

‘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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781787396463
ISBN-10:1787396460
Author:Toby Harnden
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:448
Release Date:1 August 2022
Weight:372g
Dimensions:194mm x 128mm x 30mm
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Critics Review

‘Gripping … A terrific action narrative’

‘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‘Meticulously researched and told with page-turning pace and power’ * Waterstones, Politics Books of the Year *

About The Author

Toby Harnden

Toby Harnden has been a journalist for 25 years, after previously spending a decade in the Royal Navy. He is currently the Managing Editor of the Washington Examiner, and before that was the Washington Bureau Chief of the Sunday Times. He has written two critically acclaimed and bestselling books, including Dead Men Risen, which won the 2012 Orwell Prize.

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