This newly expanded edition of AFN Clarke's best selling and controversial book CONTACT is a raw, visceral, no-holds-barred account of combat from one of the men we paid to kill. When first published it caused a furore for its devastating honesty and chilling revelations.?
Clarke vividly recounts his experiences of two tours in Northern Ireland (in Belfast and Crossmaglen) as a Platoon Commander with Britain's elite Parachute Regiment during the blood soaked 1970's. Eerily similar to soldiers' experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan today, the enemy wears no uniform and shoots from the shadows and the bomber's trip-wire is an ever-present nightmare.?
Clarke takes us to heart of the action. We enter the private world of soldiers, operating in conditions of extreme stress. We experience their emotions, fear, courage, humour, bravado and the anguish of death.?
This expanded edition reveals a section omitted by the publisher from the original edition, revealing the untold nightmare Clarke lived through having nearly died, with half his insides missing, suffering from PTSD and being expected to return to a normal life . A story of the scars of war that affect generations. Of heartache, courage and hope for peace. (Available in ebook and paperback format.)
REVIEWS
? ...the best account we have had of what it is like to serve in Northern Ireland... ?Richard West, The Times Literary Supplement.?
? ... a major contribution to our understanding of war and how people act ... Contact is the work of a brave writer. Kevin Toolis, Irish News.?
Captain Clarke is more than a serving solder, he is a writer of distinction. Jack Gerson, Glasgow Sunday Standard. ?
...Contact is one of the best military stories that I have ever read and I recommend it to you in the hl#§
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