Spoken from the front by Andy McNab

'Spoken from the front' by Andy McNab

Spoken from the Front is the story of the Afghan Campaign, told for the first time in the words of the servicemen and women who have been fighting there. With unprecedented access to soldiers of all ranks, as well as pilots, reservists, engineers, medics, Royal Military police, mechanics, cooks and other military personnel, Andy McNab has assembled a portrait of modern conflict like never before.

This is the full experience of our troops on the ground and in the air. The horrors, cruelties, drudgery, excitement and banter of these soldiers' lives combine to form a chronological narrative of all the major events in Helmand during the British Army's time there.

From their action-packed, dramatic, moving and often humorous testimonies in interviews, diaries, letters and emails written to family, friends and loved ones, emerges a 360-degree picture of guerrilla warfare up close and extremely personal. It is as close to the real thing as you can get.

REVIEW

This was a camp bookclub book. One of the wives chose it as her husband always talks about Andy McNab and his books. She thought that it would be a good book for us all - understanding a little about what our husbands go through in Afghan.
Well this is a book that none of us liked at all. I for one, didn't enjoy it - I only managed to read half and that was me pushing myself to read that far. I think this is a book that might appeal more to those who understand a little what's it's like to serve out there but I just found all the army abbreviations to much - boring!!!!

RMP, WMIK, RHA, RPGS, K, DFC, JTAC, MERT, ODP, HLS, IRT, GPD, SIB, AMP, ANA, etc etc etc

I would not recommend