4.4
Biografier
Through conflicts in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, this is the vivid memoir of British sniper Craig Harrison.
It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for your target, to stay calm on a battlefield when you yourself have become the target the enemy most want to take out. Craig Harrison has what it takes and in November 2009 in Afghanistan, under intense pressure, he saved the lives of his comrades with the longest confirmed sniper kill – 2,475 metres, the length of twenty-five football pitches.
In The Longest Kill, his unflinching autobiography, Craig catapults us into the heat of the action as he describes his active service in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, and gives heart-stopping accounts of his sniper ops as he fought for his life on the rooftops of Basra and the barren hills of Helmand province. Craig was blown up by an IED in Afghanistan and left battling severe PTSD. After his identity was revealed in the press he also had to cope with Al Qaeda threats against him and his family. For Craig, the price of heroism has been devastatingly high.
© 2016 Macmillan Digital Audio (Lydbok): 9781509833634
Utgivelsesdato
Lydbok: 19. mai 2016
4.4
Biografier
Through conflicts in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, this is the vivid memoir of British sniper Craig Harrison.
It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for your target, to stay calm on a battlefield when you yourself have become the target the enemy most want to take out. Craig Harrison has what it takes and in November 2009 in Afghanistan, under intense pressure, he saved the lives of his comrades with the longest confirmed sniper kill – 2,475 metres, the length of twenty-five football pitches.
In The Longest Kill, his unflinching autobiography, Craig catapults us into the heat of the action as he describes his active service in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, and gives heart-stopping accounts of his sniper ops as he fought for his life on the rooftops of Basra and the barren hills of Helmand province. Craig was blown up by an IED in Afghanistan and left battling severe PTSD. After his identity was revealed in the press he also had to cope with Al Qaeda threats against him and his family. For Craig, the price of heroism has been devastatingly high.
© 2016 Macmillan Digital Audio (Lydbok): 9781509833634
Utgivelsesdato
Lydbok: 19. mai 2016
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3. feb. 2023
No wonder this book is a «bestseller». Touching and strong.👍
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Linda K
24. mai 2023
Unikt og brutalt innblikk og innsikt gitt oss fra en strengt lukket organisasjon. Vi rives med fra første kapittel. Fordommene jeg dessverre har for hvordan det militære dekker over, tåkelegger, ofrer sine egne for et polert ytre slår nok en gang luften ut av meg. Fantastisk godt skrevet og lest. Fra uskyld, begeistring, mestringsfølelse og briljering i sitt yrke, til «no one gives a f***» ! I det øyeblikket mennesket bak yrkestittelen ikke lenger takler presset og hvordan «the army» gjør hva den kan best; behandle ikke lenger tjenestedyktige soldater som søpppel. Sterkt, ærlig, provoserende og altoppslukende. Dobbel full score
Stian
26. feb. 2024
a really good book👍👍
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