Tunnel rats vs the Taliban : how Aussie sappers led the way in the war on terror
Thomson, Jimmy2015
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They were young, they were tough and they were everywhere. They were both the backyard builders and the frontline troops in Australia's war against the Taliban...This is the powerful story of the sappers, the Army engineers in Afghanistan whose raw courage and skills were inspired by the original Australian Tunnel Rats of the war in Vietnam. These Tunnel Rats of Afghanistan have rooted out the enemy from deep inside their caves and mountain hideouts, have defused thousands of improvised explosive devices (the booby traps and landmines of this most recent of wars), built bridges and schools to win a war of hearts and minds, and fought side by side with special forces commandos and SAS troops. They, too, lost a disproportionate number of their comrades and many returned home with the devastating baggage of war, post-traumatic stress disorder...Inspiring and action packed, this is the story of a special breed of soldier operating in a modern war against an enemy with medieval morals ...and bombs triggered by mobile phones. It is a story that connects the unsung heroes of Vietnam with the modern heroes of Afghanistan...
Main title:
Tunnel rats vs the Taliban : how Aussie sappers led the way in the war on terror / Jimmy Thomson & Sandy MacGregor.
Imprint:
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2015.
Collation:
xv, 269 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Biography/History:
Jimmy Thomson is a journalist, author and screenwriter whose credits include the ABC-TV series Rain Shadow. He is the author of Snitch, Tunnel Rats, A Sappers War and Watto. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, as a young captain Sandy MacGregor commanded 3 Field Troop in Vietnam, where he won the Military Cross. He served in the Army for 30 years, finishing as a colonel in the Reserves...
ISBN:
9781760113544
Dewey class:
958.1047
Language:
English
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BRN:
255172
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 958.1047 THO | Available |