Operation Barras
$34.03
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2023
Summary
The inside story of the most daring SAS rescue mission ever
In September 2000 eleven British soldiers were captured by a notorious militia gang in Sierra Leone. The so-called ‘West Side Boys’ had subjected their part of the country to a long reign of terror, murdering, kidnapping and mutilating anyone who stood in their way.
Now British soldiers were at their mercy. Surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered, any resistance would have seen them all killed; yet their hopes of a quic…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399601405 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399601407 |
| Author: | William Fowler |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 213g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
In Operation Barras William Fowler describes the historic setting for British involvement in Sierra Leone that led up to the rescue mission. The build up to the airborne assault by the SAS and Paras on September 10 is covered in great detail and you are pitched into the action. It is an insider’s book that will appeal to soldiers and anyone with an interest in the development of post colonial Africa * EYE SPY *Far more than an account of a very fine rescue operation. The essential background to the situation is painted in some detail and gives the reader a real feel for that unfortunate country – Major-General Julian Thompson, CB, OBE
About The Author
William Fowler
Educated at Clifton College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, William Fowler was land forces editor of DEFENCE magazine and a contributing editor to JANE’S INFORMATION GROUP. A long term territorial soldier, he served with British forces in the Gulf War and graduated from the French Army Reserve Staff Officers course at the Ecole Militaire in Paris. He conducts regular battlefield tours and broadcasts on radio and television. He is married and lives in Hampshire.
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