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Summary: After reading McNab's books, inner strength has new meaning.
Review: I don't have a military history in my family, so I won't pretend to know what its like to be at war or have somone I care for in the same situation. But if you want to get as close as you (safely) can to war and the feelings surrounding it, the likes of Andy McNab and Cameron Spence (Sabre Squadron) will give your heartstrings and your deepest thoughts of human strength a good hard jolt...... There is definately hope for human kind if we all can be as strong as McNab and the people who waited for him to get home.
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Summary: Any book that makes me sad, vengeful, humored
Review: deserves 5 stars!I totally agree with the last two reviews. McNab like most soldiers know things do and always just go wrong and when they do it happens all at once. However, one need not look just at this book and see what can/will go wrong with clandestine missions. The SEALS and Patilla in Panama and the same offshore during the Grenada invasion. Having read Waller's "The Commandos" I finally got a better account of the SAS guys he mentions in his book. When comparing the copyright dates I was surprised he couldn't get a hold of "Bravo Two Zero" so he could get his facts straight. Being a GSAR and CAP team member I understood the team mentality of these SAS guys. All pretenses are lost when forced to know other members in almost every intimate detail possible. The humor was something I could definitely relate to. The message at the end was the most important in that there are some things (usually bad) that you go through, you wouldn't like to go through it again, but from then on your whole perspective on life changes.
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Summary: Tells what can go wrong on a spec op.
Review: I would recommend this book to current and prospective members of special operations units, because of the sheer number of ways that Andy McNab's mission went wrong. Not his team's fault, but they encountered a variety of adverse circumstances, such as outdated maps, limited information about the area they were in, incorrect radio frequency tables, adverse weather, and just plain bad luck.
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Summary: if you pick it up, you will not put it down until finished
Review: This is the greatest book I have ever read, if you think you have problms read how one man survives the horror of being impriosoned in the Gulf war. No Geneva convention to help him.
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Summary: It sorts out the men from the boys!
Review: * Please read all this for several more 'must reads'* Being another Brit you may think this is another biased review but not being a soldier I initially thought this book would be too technical, perhaps to the point of boredom, far from it!! After a slowish start the book then speeds up and highlights in horrendous detail the pain, emotions and sometimes humour of being 'on the run' in an enemy country. I just could not put this book down! I can safely say I will not be joining the army after this one!!! I have recently read 'CQB - Close Quarter Battle' by Mike Curtis. He was also in the Gulf but on a far more successful Scud destroying mission. Also 'The whites of their eyes' by Roger Ford and Tim Ripley. This is a history, using real accounts, of CQB since 1900, read it.
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Summary: An excellent book!
Review: This was a great book that clearly shows the bravery of all of the men of the Bravo Two Zero mission. Also, I hope that people realize that not all Americans consider the British 'tea sipping wimps' as one review put it. This is an excellent book, and I would recommend it to anyone, even if they aren't particularly interested in special operations.
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Summary: The most heart touching story I have ever read.
Review: This book is one of the most heart wrenching stories I have ever read. I respect anyone who can withstand what Mr. McNab and his friends put up with. I salute him and his crew. You guys are what I wish I was.
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Summary: Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
Review: The book, Bravo Two Zero, is one of the grittiest and most spectacular accounts of the greatest special forces regiment in the world- the SAS. Andy McNab tells the story of a covert patrol behind enemy lines in Iraq during the Gulf War, and how eight men attempted to survive the biting cold and the constant Iraqi patrols. Only five made it, two of whom were subjected to the cruelest torture imaginable upon capture. This book serves as an insight to the harsh realties of modern warfare, and you will instantly gain a respect for the 22nd Special Air Service.
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Summary: Excellent Book ,read alongside The One That Got Away.
Review: tt A must read one that I have come back to many times. Although the look at the minds skill and bravery of the team is an important aspect, the frightening part is the apalling treatment that so called human beings can perform on each other. This must be read alongside Chris Ryans "The One That Got Away" also in the Bravo Two Zero team. No film will ever be able to do these books justice.
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Summary: British at its best
Review: Being a brit, and reading comments on how we are tea sipping wimps makes me feel that the book has not actually sunk in on some American readers. Andy and his team were unfortunate in becoming one of the only SAS patrols to get in any sort of trouble in a serious campaign. If you want to read books on the SAS then pick Ghost Force by Ken Conner, or Sabre Squadron by Cameron Spense. These two books would definately show you why the SAS are regarded by most of the governments in the world (yours included) as the worlds bravest, toughest and most reliable fighting force. Long live the SAS.
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