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    Audiobook16 hours

    Immediate Action

    Written by Andy McNab

    Narrated by Paul Thornley

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    About this audiobook

    Immediate Action is a no-holds-barred account of an extraordinary life, from the day Andy McNab was found in a carrier bag on the steps of Guy's Hospital to the day he went to fight in the Gulf War.

    As a delinquent youth he kicked against society. As a young soldier he waged war against the IRA in the streets and fields of South Armagh. As a member of 22 SAS Regiment he was at the centre of covert operations for nine years - on five continents.

    Recounting with grim humour and in riveting, often horrifying, detail his activities in the world's most highly trained and efficient Special Forces unit, McNab sweeps us into a world of surveillance and intelligence-gathering, counter-terrorism and hostage rescue.There are casualties: the best men are so often the first to be killed, because they are in front.

    By turns chilling, astonishing, violent, funny and moving, this blistering first-hand account of life at the forward edge of battle confirms Andy McNab's standing in the front rank of writers on modern war.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House UK Audio
    Release dateJan 15, 2015
    ISBN9781473525733
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    Immediate Action
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    Andy McNab

    Andy McNab joined the infantry at the age of sixteen and was a British soldier for eighteen years. ‘Badged’ as a member of 22 Special Air Service Regiment in 1984, he was involved for the next ten years in both covert and overt special operations worldwide. During the Gulf War he commanded Bravo Two Zero, a patrol that, in the words of his commanding officer, ‘will remain in regimental history for ever’. Awarded both the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) and Military Medal (MM) during his military career, McNab was the British Army’s most highly decorated serving soldier when he finally left the SAS. He wrote about his experiences in three books: the phenomenal bestseller Bravo Two Zero, Immediate Action and Seven Troop. He is the author of the bestselling Nick Stone thrillers. Besides his writing work, he lectures to security and intelligence agencies in both the USA and UK and is on the board of a private security company operating in hazardous environments. Now Andy McNab has joined forces with ApostropheBooks.com to bring you some of the world’s greatest military classics.

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    • 5/5
      had a blast reading this book a few years ago. had just as good a time listening to it now.
    • 5/5
      First modern [non-WW2] book on SAS that I have read. Gripping tale of SAS operators and their actions worldwide. As it is always the case with this sort of history books do not expect that all secrets of the trade will be revealed.
    • 4/5
      This was a fairly quick read. I thought the author did a good job keeping the story going. A lot of military biographies are so slow getting to the point in their career where they are doing the stuff that made them famous. They feel the need to go on and on about some point in their life that doesn't really make the book any more interesting. Andy McNab seems to have side-stepped that landmine and gets you to the good stuff pretty quick.I love reading about the military. I am extremely fascinated with special forces soldiers as the hardships they go through just to become special forces soldiers are more than many people are able to bear. Having said that, I have to say that my favorite part about this book was not how difficult things were for the author. Yes, there were times in the book where I was glad I was in the comfort of my bed reading about it instead of being in the jungle at night, or in the cold and damp Irish night patrolling for IRA types. That stuff was interesting, but the main thing I enjoyed was the author's honesty about his own shortcomings. Especially, the shortcomings in his personal relationships. If I recall correctly, he went through 3 different women in the course of the book. However, he makes it pretty clear that he was generally the cause of it due to his own selfishness. I find that kind of brutal honesty lacking in so many biographies. Take for example, Rogue Warrior by Richard Marcinko. That was a good book filled with all kinds of SF type exploits, but good grief! He probably has to drive a pickup truck just to haul around his ego.If there was one thing I found lacking in this book, it was that it kind of left you hanging at the end. I wanted to hear more about his life in the "regiment". I have yet to read his other book, Bravo Two Zero, about his experience in the 1991 Gulf War. That will probably fill in some gaps for me.One final caveat for the non-English(as in United Kingdom) reader. There are a lot of terms that are used in the book that are quite odd to the foreigner. There is a glossary in the book, but you'll still possibly get confused by the fair amount of slang thrown around. I spent some time over in England so some of the terms I understood. However, I still found myself trying to make sense of certain terms or phrases that weren't in the glossary. It wasn't enough to make the book unreadable though.
    • 3/5
      A good book. Gives good description of life inside the SAS and the British army in general.