Synopses & Reviews
This is the story of Operation Telic — the opening assault of the Iraq war — undertaken by crack British troops. The mission was to seize the Al Faw peninsula, the transition point for most of the countrys oil supplies, and to take it speedily, to prevent the blowing-up of oil fields.
About the Author
Damien Lewis is a journalist and documentary filmmaker. He has worked for the
Daily Telegraph,
Guardian and the BBC. His previous books include Sunday Times bestsellers:
Slave,
Operation Certain Death and, most recently
Bloody Heroes.
From the Paperback edition.