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Midnight in Some Burning Town

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Midnight in Some Burning Town: British Special Forces Operations from Belgrade to Baghdad
Christian Jennings

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British Special Forces at war in the Balkans, Afghanistan and the Gulf

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Man for man, the British Special Forces are regarded as the best in the world. Since the mid-nineties the British government has deployed them across the globe from Bosnia to Sierra Leone and from South America to the Middle East. They have never been busier than they are now, waging counter-insurgency operations on the front lines of the 'Global War on Terror'. Christian Jennings is an experienced journalist who has reported on conflicts and humanitarian crises from Africa to the Balkans. MIDNIGHT IN SOME BURNING TOWN follows a number of Special Forces teams from the interventions in Serbia, Kosovo and Macedonia to the invasion of Afghanistan, the overthrow of the Taliban and the hunt for Osama bin Laden. It culminates in the largest Special Forces operation yet seen: the penetration of Iraq.

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It got slated in the Sunday Times the other week for being very dubious with the truth, and an almost complete failure to back-up many of his stories. Did you find this the case? Is it worth reading?
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Books about special forces in recent conflicts are always very dubious. How can this guy possibly know what UKSF did in Iraq, little over a year ago?
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