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Military Biographies

ISBN10: 1938611179
ISBN13: 9781938611179
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Jan 20 2014
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
CONTACT is a powerful, evocative portrait of warfare...a soldier's story, no punches pulled, no truths varnished over, no cover-ups...revealing the scars of war that affect generations on all sides of a conflict. A story of heartache, courage and hope for peace.

...the best account we have had of what it is like to serve in Northern Ireland... The Times Literary Supplement

...a major contribution to our understanding...Contact is the work of a brave writer. Irish News

Gripping, concise and gritty - amazing read!

AFN Clarke's bestselling and controversial autobiography CONTACT is a raw, visceral, no-holds-barred account of his two tours in Northern Ireland (in Belfast and Crossmaglen) with Britain's elite Parachute Regiment in the blood-soaked 1970s during The Troubles. It was first published in 1983, became an instant best seller, was praised by reviewers from various sides of the conflict for its devastating honesty and courage, and made into an award-winning BBC TV film which is still available today through the British Film Institute.

A special hardcover edition released in March 2023 marks the 40th Anniversary of the book's publication. That it's still selling strong after 40 years is a testament to its timeless relevance with readers.

In CONTACT Clarke takes us into the private world of soldiers operating under extreme stress and living each day with their senses on high alert. Where the enemy wears no uniform and shoots from the shadows, and the bomber's trip-wire is an ever-present nightmare. We experience their emotions, fear, courage, humour, bravado and the anguish of death.

The dangers, political agendas and religious roots underlying the conflict are eerily and heartbreakingly similar to Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflict zones today, where soldiers are ordered to hold the lines in an ancient quarrel they have little affinity for, but whose consequences are deadly.

The latest edition includes a section omitted from the original version where Clarke reveals what it was like to be in his twenties, go to hell and come back having nearly died with half his insides missing, suffering from physical, mental and emotional upheaval and being expected to return to a normal life. It's a story of the scars of war that affect generations on all sides of a conflict. Of heartache, courage and hope for peace.

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