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Bravo Two-Zero | 
 enlarge | Author: Andy Mcnab
Publisher: Corgi Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  79 reviews
Sales Rank: 2851
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 411
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0552141275
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9780552141277
ASIN: 0552141275
Publication Date: September 8, 1994
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 McNab's first work of fiction June 18, 2008
Although the book makes for a gripping read it needs to be taken with quite a pinch of salt. There is no mention of him being strongly advised before departure to take vehicles to make a quick escape if compromised, or of heavily overloading his patrol with kit. Ultimately, by failing to follow his own escape plan south towards friendly units "McNab" contributed to the death of 3 of his team and the capture of all but one of the rest by heading north towards the Euphrates and the most heavily populated area of Iraq. If you want to read what really happened to Bravo Two Zero I would recommend Peter "Billy" Ratcliffe's book Eye of The Storm for a far more down to earth and human, yet just as gripping read.
 Great book - definately *based* on a true story April 7, 2008
You'd be suprised how many people still haven't read this book, yet everyone has heard of it - maybe due to the film starring Sean Bean released in 1999.
Bravo Two Zero was the call sign of an 8 man SAS team led by Andy McNab (not his real name) dropped deep behind enemy lines in Iraq during the first Gulf war. Their mission was to monitor and disturb the movement and deployment of Scud missiles being used by Saddam Hussein.
The mission goes badly wrong and the team find themselves extremely close to a large force of Iraqi military and a terrain and climate that they were largely unprepared for. They are soon discovered and pursued enormous distances day and night until most of the group have been either killed or captured. McNab was captured and the story recounts in gruesome detail the torture and psycological tecniques used to attempt to break the men down. It's gripping and exciting and you actually feel like you're there with him. These are some very tough guys.
However no review of the book would be complete without mention of the subsequent critisism levelled at McNab by other members of the patrol. Chris Ryan in his book 'The One that Got Away' says that McNab played up his own role and actually was largely responsible for the mission's early failure - Ryan clearly sees himself as the real hero of the mission, being the only member to survive the pursuit and flee to Syria.
Subsequently another surviving member of the expedition, Mike Coburn, released 'Soldier 5: The real truth behind the Bravo Two Zero mission' claiming that neither Ryan or McNab give an accurate portrayal of events and both dramatised the story for the purposes of publication (for example making up most of the major gun battles).
Believe it or not there is then a fourth book by former SAS soldier, Mike Asher, who travels the route of the escape and interviews Iraqi civilians who witnessed the flight of Bravo Two Zero patrol and gives his own view of the likelihood of the events taking place.
I had fun reading all four books and the differences in opinion didn't take anything away from McNab's original Bravo Two Zero.
Read Bravo Two Zero and enjoy it - but don't take it all as fact, and if you want to go further, check out the other books I've mentioned.
 a special breed of men April 3, 2008
theres no doubt about it this is one of the best sas books out there and is a truly great book and it a definite page turner throughout and you just can help feeling complete and utter patriotism knowing the sas men didnt give in to the enemy even after hour upon hour of beasting's and he even had to eat his own feccisis
good book from andy mcnab
light weight February 17, 2008
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An enjoyable book which seems a quite frank and honest account of an SAS soldiers expereince in Iraq . Where this book falls down is McNabs writing skills.The torture they went through was quite horrific but I found it hard to relate or feel what they were expereincing as I read it. I felt the chapters dealing with torture could have been written in a deeper and more heart felt way.All and all a good read , look forward to reading Immediate action which I have heard is much better.
fantastic read February 3, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an extrodinary account of an 8 man patrol sent out to Iraq in the Gulf War in an attempt to dissable communications to Northern Iraq and destroy any Scud sites. You know from the blurb the outcome of the group but you don't want it to happen as they get so far almost dying. McNab describes him getting tortured and all the other disgusting things that happened.
People are questioning McNabs realiability, so my opinion on this is as follows. 1)He was on the patrol so it is likely to be reliable 2)The Regiment is a top secret orginisation so some of the information MAY be witheld/changed due to security 3)It's a book, it's purpose to entertain
In the end it's up to you whether you believe him or not, i believe him and he gets a lot of admiration from me too
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