Product Description

In 1994 Cameron Spence travelled to Bosnia as Second-in-Command of an SAS troop. This book details the patrol's rollercoaster ride through a lawless country, leading to the book's climax: a daring bid by a trapped SAS patrol to break out of the besieged Muslim town of Gorazde.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #172903 in Books
• Published on: 1999-06-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

Customer Reviews

Outstanding
Cameron Spence may be the best SAS writer out there. Having served in the Gulf and Balkans, he certainly has the credentials. Spence sheds new light on the covert role of the SAS in Bosnia in the mid-90s, a very critical and dangerous time. Spence then spends the last portion of his book discussing the fate of a small SAS forward observer team trapped in Goradze. This story in and of itself is a gripping read-- even if Spence is telling the story second-hand. Taken together with Nick Parker's No Escape Zone, a reader gets a very detailed picture of the atrocities, ethnic hatred, futility, and hopelessness of the Bosnia War. I hope we see more books from Mr. Spence.

A touching story of war in bosnia
I'm a big fan of SAS war stories and the likes. Cameron Spence has written a very good book about the war in Bosnia and all the problems and fears that they must have felt during this war. The story is no nonsense and to me sounds very real and thuis touching as the horrors that happend during that war are simply amazing.

This story certanly touched me in more then 1 way. A very interesting read

A real eye-opener
A refreshing change from the usual military memoir of " I know because I was there". Spence involves the reader in a conflict that was well reported on TV and in the press. What he succeeds in doing though is showing a side of the conflict that no smug war correspondant could. A worthwhile purchase for anyone who is interested in the perspective of the fighting man on the ground.