Andy McNab

Infantry-Soldier said:
There is a book called "The Real Bravo Two Zero". Can't think of the author, but it was another guy who was there... I think he totally blows McNab's account out of the water.

I've heard lots of stuff putting him down, but I think he does know his stuff.
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That author (Asher) was not there. He was a member of the Regiment and friend of one of the guys who did not survive, and bases all his info on interviews with local bedouin. Many of these people benefited greatly from their version of events (one got a Toyota from Saddam for their part), so they too have interests in telling the story their way.
Asher also talks about how the official debrief veers from the B20 novel, however...

The truth is likely somewhere in the middle.
 
B20

Bravo Two Zero was made into a TV movie in the late 90s. It was entertaining with Sean Bean as McNabb.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120617/

I did love McNabb's books...(Immediate Action and B20)...as well as Chris Ryan's The One that Got Away, and Stand by Stand by, and Micheal Paul Kennedy's He who Dares in which he details adventures of Soldier I.

But remember these books are stories......embellished by the author

If you read up on McNabb, you will find that he is a great story teller. And much of what he wrote is in question.
 
MarioP said:
Bravo Two Zero was made into a TV movie in the late 90s. It was entertaining with Sean Bean as McNabb.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120617/

I did love McNabb's books...(Immediate Action and B20)...as well as Chris Ryan's The One that Got Away, and Stand by Stand by, and Micheal Paul Kennedy's He who Dares in which he details adventures of Soldier I.

But remember these books are stories......embellished by the author

If you read up on McNabb, you will find that he is a great story teller. And much of what he wrote is in question.
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Mike Curtis' CQB might be to your liking as well, then. :)

Edit: My mistake, Mike Curb was the guy with a "congregation"....;)
 
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Thanks Cyclone...you mean Mike Curtis....Yes I have that one too......but have not read it.

Went through a fascination with SAS a couple of years ago.......Read though much of their history from the North African deserts in WWII to the Gulf War.....

Thanks,

Mario
 
Rumour has it that there is a code of silence within the British Military Special Operations Community. You publish anything about what you did, you are considered a little bit of a traitor, as you may compromise some of your fellow Spec-ops with your disclosure...
 
Time has changed. More and more ex SOP guys all over are cashing in on their book/movie gigs ever since the Brit & Israeli govt failed in court to block their ex SOP guys in telling their stories. The old Code of Silence is losing out to the temptation of money.
 
... There was definitely a VERY OFFICIAL attempt to silence Mike Coburn, author of Soldier Five, by the MOD . His account, although written from only one participant's perspective, certainly seems very credible, and the fact that the British Government in the form of the MOD went to great lengths to silence /suppress this book adds more credibility to Coburns account. .... David K
 
myths, rumours & half truths

Maple Leaf Pilgrim said:
Rumour has it that there is a code of silence within the British Military Special Operations Community. You publish anything about what you did, you are considered a little bit of a traitor, as you may compromise some of your fellow Spec-ops with your disclosure...
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In a world which relies on myths, rumours and half truths especially benefiting from the mistery surrounding themselves you have probably come closer to the truth than many. General De La Biliere was blackballed from the Hereford mess for writing his memoirs. Nice chap as well, pity but thems the rules as they say. I couldnt possibly comment as I am far too old!
 
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