Apache
基本信息·出版社：HarperPerennial ·页码：400 页 ·出版日期：2009年04月 ·ISBN：0007288174 ·International Standard Book Number：0007288174 ·条 ...
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基本信息·出版社：HarperPerennial
·页码：400 页
·出版日期：2009年04月
·ISBN：0007288174
·International Standard Book Number：0007288174
·条形码：9780007288175
·EAN：9780007288175
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
内容简介 An astonishing first book, 'Apache' is a story of courage, comradeship, technology and tragedy, during the ongoing war in Afghanistan. 'Apache' is the first book to come from the cockpit of the most sophisticated fighting helicopter the world has ever known. Designed in the mid 1980s to take on the Soviets, these machines have proven themselves as the perfect tool for combat in Afghanistan. Ed Macy's account of the incredibly hard Apache selection process, tougher than that of the SAS, combined with his description of the sheer difficulty of flying one of these helicopters, provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between man and machine fighting in the toughest conditions imaginable. The climactic build-up to the rescue mission at Jugroom Fort is both dramatic and deeply moving. The rescue of Lance Corporal Mathew Ford has been hailed as one of the most remarkable and daring rescues of modern wartime and Ed's bravery on the ground at Jugroom Fort led to him being awarded the Military Cross -- one of the first in the Army Air Corps' history. Taking the reader right to the heart of the war in Afghanistan, 'Apache' offers an unprecedented degree of proximity to the action and horror that troops in the region are faced with on a daily basis. Gripping from the first page to the last, it is utterly compelling and impossible to put down.
作者简介 Ed Macy left the British Army in January 2008, after twenty-three years' service. He amassed a total of 3,930 helicopter flying hours, 645 of which were inside an Apache. Tom Newton Dunn is the ghostwriter of the number-one hardback bestseller 'Sniper One'. He is the Defence Editor of the Sun newspaper.
媒体推荐 'Puts you right in the cockpit with your finger on the trigger. A truly awesome read; and a climax that Hollywood couldn't invent!' Andy McNab 'Books like this remind you that soldiers truly are a breed apart.' Guardian 'Macy is the real deal. Nobody could write that powerfully about combat, or emotionally about the men fighting with him, unless he has been at the gunship's controls. A fantastic, totally exhilarating rollercoaster read. Forget his Hellfire missiles, the book itself is enough to blow you away.' Sergeant Major Dan Mills, author of number one bestseller 'Sniper One' 'An honest account of exceptional bravery.' Ross Kemp
