| Description |
1 online resource (295 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Part Title; Title Page; CONTENTS; Dedication; Maps of Aghanistan and Uruzgan province; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; FOREWORD; PROLOGUE: THE TUNNEL RAT LEGACY; INTRODUCTION: SAPPERS IN AFGHANISTAN; CHAPTER 1: OPERATION SALAAM; CHAPTER 2: THE RISE OF THE TALIBAN; CHAPTER 3: HUNTING BIN LADEN; CHAPTER 4: FOLLOW THE SAPPER; CHAPTER 5: LIVE ... MOVE ... FIGHT; CHAPTER 6: BACKYARD BLITZ; CHAPTER 7: MOVING ON; CHAPTER 8: SPECIAL OPS AND LOCAL COPS; CHAPTER 9: ON PATROL WITH SPECIAL FORCES; CHAPTER 10: UNDER FIRE; CHAPTER 11: HOLDING GROUND; CHAPTER 12: TAKING ON A TECH KILLER |
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CHAPTER 13: THE HORROR OF WARCHAPTER 14: CLEAR, HOLD, BUILD; CHAPTER 15: ALL CHANGE; CHAPTER 16: FRONT-LINE FEMALES; CHAPTER 17: HEAVY DUTIES; CHAPTER 18: THE DOGS OF WAR; CHAPTER 19: THE 'GOOD' WAR; CHAPTER 20: HARD YARDS AND HESCOS; CHAPTER 21: LIFE AND DEATH WITH SPECIAL FORCES; CHAPTER 22: MOVING TARGETS; CHAPTER 23: INTO HELMAND; CHAPTER 24: BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS; CHAPTER 25: THE DAY OF THE WELL; CHAPTER 26: 21ST-CENTURY TUNNEL RATS; CHAPTER 27: FATAL ATTRACTION; CHAPTER 28: TRAINERS AND TURNCOATS; CHAPTER 29: WOUNDED WARRIORS; CHAPTER 30: WAS IT WORTH IT? |
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AFTERWORD: BEATING THE RETREATGLOSSARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FURTHER READING |
| Summary |
The extraordinary story of Australian sappers on the frontlines of the war in Afghanistan |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Military engineering -- Afghanistan
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Military engineering.
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Afghanistan.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
MacGregor, Sandy
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| ISBN |
9781925266672 |
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1925266672 |
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9781760113544 |
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1760113549 |
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