Tunnel rats vs the Taliban how Aussie sappers led the way in the war on terror
The extraordinary story of Australian sappers on the frontlines of the war in Afghanistan. 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,...
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Sydney
Allen & Unwin
2016
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Sappers in Afghanistan
- 1: Operation Salaam
- 2: The rise of the Taliban
- 3: Hunting bin Laden
- 4: Follow the sapper
- 5: Live . . . move . . . fight
- 6: Backyard Blitz
- 7: Moving on
- 8: Special ops and local cops
- 9: On patrol with special forces
- 10: Under fire
- 11: Holding ground
- 12: Taking on a tech killer
- 13: The horror of war
- 14: Clear, hold, build
- 15: All change
- 16: Front-line females.
- 17: Heavy duties
- 18: The dogs of war
- 19: The 'good' war
- 20: Hard yards and Hescos
- 21: Life and death with special forces
- 22: Moving targets
- 23: Into Helmand
- 24: Building relationships
- 25: The Day of the Well
- 26: 21st-century Tunnel Rats
- 27: Fatal attraction
- 28: Trainers and turncoats
- 29: Wounded warriors
- 30: Was it worth it?..Afterword: Beating the retreat.