Back
The one that got away cover
1998•241 pages•Published•ENG•User Reviews

The one that got away

3.3/ 5
3 ratings

About This Book

The SAS mission conducted behind Iraqi lines is one of the most talked about stories of courage and survival in modern warfare. Of the eight members of the SAS regiment who set off, only one escaped capture. This is his story.Here Chris Ryan has also written an introduction detailing the aftermath of his extraordinary experience; how the former members of the patrol have fallen out and revealing documentary evidence that settles once and for all what really happened on that fateful mission. This edition also includes photographs censored at the time of the original publication.

Track Your Reading

Sign in to save this book, track pages, log finished reads and rereads, and build your Reading Diary.

Sign In

Community Reviews

Reviews

Browse all reviews →
Sign in to review

No reviews yet. Be the first.

BiographyBritish Personal narrativesGreat BritainGreat Britain. Army. Special Air Service Regiment, 22ndMilitaryNonfictionPersian Gulf War, 1991Personal narratives, BritishIraq, historyIraq-kuwait crisis, 1990-1991Operation desert shield, 1990-1991Persian gulf war, 1991

The Swinging Light

Book Details

First Published

1998

Pages

241 pages

Rating

3.3 / 5

Ratings

3

Editions

2

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Language

ENG

Status

Published

The People Behind The Book

Authors

You May Also Like

Recommended Books

Flush cover

Flush

1694

Virginia Woolf, Eileen Atkins, Katyuli Lloyd, Jose KING, Jordi Fernando, Rafael Vázquez Zamora

Zero cover

Zero

2000

Charles Seife