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Extreme Risk
Chris Hunter
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Description for Extreme Risk
Paperback. Tells the story of a teenager with no hopes who joined the army at sixteen and went on to become one of the most successful counter-terrorism operators in the world. Num Pages: 496 pages, col. Illustrations, maps, col. ports. BIC Classification: BTM; JPWL; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348.
BOSNIA...NORTHERN IRELAND...IRAQ...AFGHANISTAN...
For the past twenty years, some of the most dangerous places on earth. And for Major Chris Hunter, just some of the places where he has defused bombs in his ceaseless battle against terrorism and the bombmakers.
This is the story of a teenager with no hopes who joined the army at sixteen and went on to become one of the most successful counter-terrorism operators in the world.
This is the story of survival when all the odds are stacked against you, when every second feels like a lifetime, when the sound of your ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552157599
SKU
9780552157599
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Chris Hunter
Chris Hunter joined the British Army in 1989 at sixteen. He was commissioned from Sandhurst at twenty-one and later qualified as a counter terrorist bomb disposal operator.He served with a number of specialist counter terrorism units and during his career deployed to numerous operational theatres. For his actions during his Iraq tour he was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal ... Read more
Reviews for Extreme Risk
A beautifully descriptive fly-on-the-wall look at the daily work of the EOD men...For those with a fascination with international terrorism and the deadly IEDs that have become its weapon of choice, this books will offer a unique insight.
Independent
Gets underneath the skin of the terrorists and, like the bombs he made safe, gets to to the heart ... Read more
Independent
Gets underneath the skin of the terrorists and, like the bombs he made safe, gets to to the heart ... Read more