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Editorial Review:
'A gritty speedball run ... strong, cohesive and complete ... it plugs the reader straight into the blood and guts of the action'
'A highly-charged, action filled, adrenalin-pumped, page-turning read that, frankly, knocks the socks off all previous British accounts in this genre'
'Full-on graphic detail ... you can practically taste the dust and the cordite'
'The most vivid account ever of total combat on Iraq's frontline'
'One of the best first-hand accounts of combat that I've ever read'
We all saw it at once. Half a dozen voices screamed 'Grenade!' simultaneously. Then everything went into slow motion. The grenade took an age to travel through its 20 metre arc. A dark, small oval-shaped package of misery, the size of a peach...April 2004: Sgt Dan Mills and his platoon of snipers fly into southern Iraq, part of an infantry battalion sent to win hearts and minds. They were soon fighting for their lives. Back home we were told they were peacekeeping. But there was no peace to keep. Because within days of arriving in theatre, Mills and his men were caught up in the longest, most sustained firefight British troops had faced for over fifty years. This awe-inspiring account tells of total war in throat-burning winds and fifty-degree heat, blasted by mortars and surrounded by heavily armed militias. For six months, they fought alone: isolated, besieged and under constant enemy fire. Their heroic stand created a modern-day Rorke's Drift.
Sgt Dan Mills was decorated for his command of an 18 man sniper platoon during the siege of Al Amarah. During a long army career he has served in Bosnia, Kosovo, Northern Ireland and the Falkland Islands. Sniper One is his first book.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
A direct account but does leave a few questions I can see why the MOD wanted to ban this book. Dan Mills give a very gungho/right-on account of the battle for the city but if you read between the lines there are lots of unanswered questions. He never questions his own decisions and only occasionally questions those of his superiors.
Why did he roll up right outside the main enemy HQ on the first day? Supposedly no-one had told him.....after he had been given a 1 hour briefing by the guy he was taking over from. Why didnt he ask the CIMIC people who... more info
Come Home They're Here Too!!!!! Much RESPECT to the British army (past and present), from Hengest and Horsa (5th century English/Anglo-Saxon warlords) to modern troops in the war against terror, I salute you all. This book was a joy to read, its a decent sized book but only took 4 days to read as it was a great page turner. Well done Sgt Dan Mills. I've never read a book like this before and i probably never will again as i cant imagine i'll find a better one. The reason i didnt give it 5/5 is because the battle scenes werent... more info
Recommended reading Terrific book.Dan Mills does very well in conveying the reality of his tour including the boredom,humour,discomfort (which he makes light of) and the danger.
Truly professional soldiers tend to describe things accurately and without embellishment or exageration and this is what Dan Mills has done in his book. It's a sad fact that the British public are unaware of the situations our troops out there can be in while we are extremely well informed about the rights and wrongs of the politics of it all. I... more info
Un-put-downable This is genuinely a book that you cannot put down - compulsive reading and a real page-turner. Written extremely well it makes you feel part of the sniper team, with the banter, jokes, cameraderie, fall-outs and gritty action. Rather than glorifying war it tells it frankly the way it is with no nonsense. In a different league to the comparatively dismal Jarhead.
