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In Afghanistan, sometimes all that stands between coalition troops and death or serious injury is a dog. Highly trained dogs and their handlers search for improvised explosive devices or hidden weapons out on patrol with combat troops. It's a perilous job, often putting them right in the firing line, and making them high priority targets for the Taliban insurgents they're fighting.
Shane Bryant, a former Australian Army dog handler, has spent the past four years in Afghanistan working with elite American special forces alongside his faithful dog.
War Dogs is his story – a riveting account of the hidden war in the mountains and cities of the world's most dangerous conflict, and the comradeship between man and dog that has saved numerous lives.
About The Authors
After joining the Australian Army at the age of 17, Shane Bryant eventually fulfilled his ambition to qualify as an explosive detection dog handler. In 2006 he took a job in Afghanistan as a civilian dog handler contracted to provide support to the US Army and other coalition military forces. He currently splits his time between Kabul and Port Kembla, where he lives with his partner, Nat, five children, and a Staffordshire Terrier named Tyra.
Tony Park has worked as a journalist, a government press secretary and served with the Australian Army in Afghanistan in 2002. He is the author of Far Horizon, Zambezi, African Sky, Safari, Silent Predator and Ivory. He and his wife, Nicola, divide their time between Africa and Australia.
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Tony Park is known to many Australians through his rollicking African adventure novels. But before he re-cast his life as an author, he served with the Australian army in Afghanistan.
Shane Bryant is a boy from Port Kembla who is contracted to the US army in Afghanistan as a civilian dog handler.
Bring the two together and you get War Dogs - a fascinating account of the hidden war in the mountains of the world's most dangerous conflict, and the companionship between man and dog.
Both man and dog rely on that bond, for sometimes all that stands between coalition troops and death or serious injury is the instincts and training of the dog and his handler.
This book will appeal to both military buffs and animal lovers.
