Operation Snakebite

The Explosive True Story of an Afghan Desert Siege

By: Stephen Grey

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Paperback | 3 May 2010 | Edition Number 1

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'An uncommonly vivid portrait of battle, matched by sharp investigation of intrigues and cock-ups' Max Hastings, Sunday Times

Southern Afghanistan: Reporter Stephen Grey is embedded with B Company, 2 Yorks, during Operation Snakebite. The mission: to take the stronghold of Musa Qala, deep in hostile Taliban territory.

Dropped into the thick of the fighting, Grey provides a bombs-and-bullets glimpse of combat chaos as British, American and Afghan forces struggle to secure a town crucial to the drug trade. Amidst the flames and flying bullets, soldiers fought to simply stay alive, let alone take a dusty desert citadel.

Operation Snakebite tells the astonishing story of a bloody battle and the men who fought to win - no matter the cost to themselves.

'Superb, fast-paced. Captures the grit and the gore, the exhaustion and emotion, the killing and the dying' Guardian

'A fascinating insight . . . a catalogue of doubt, criticism and anger' Financial Times

Industry Reviews

Exemplary. An uncommonly vivid portrait of battle, matched by sharp investigation of purposes, intrigues and cock-ups -- Max Hastings * Sunday Times *
Superb, fast-paced. Captures the grit and the gore, the exhaustion and emotion, the killing and the dying. A fine piece of war reporting -- Raymond Bonner * Guardian *
Grey manages to get across the chaos and the hellish fear experienced by those under fire at the sharp end of battle. Will long outlast the events it recounts * Sunday Herald *
The fear, the courage, the uncertainty, the gut-wrenching personal tragedies and the sheer mayhem of two days' intensive fighting is frequently more vivid than any film. Terrific -- Misha Glenny * Mail on Sunday *
A fascinating insight . . . a catalogue of doubt, criticism and anger -- David Crouch * Financial Times *
A revealing, exceptional piece of reportage -- Michael Smith * New Statesman *

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