Warning orders...
...prepare to devour new book coming out shortly...
The picture you're looking at is the dust cover for the much-anticipated new book from Chris Wattie, entitled Contact Charlie: The Canadian Army, The Taliban and The Battle That Saved Afghanistan. It's about Charlie Company of the PPCLI Battle Group that formed the lion's share of Task Force Orion in Kandahar in the first half of 2006.
The book isn't due in stores until mid-October, but I'm really looking forward to its release. Not only do I know quite a few of the players in the story, I know they've read it and liked it. That's endorsement enough for me.
The picture you're looking at is the dust cover for the much-anticipated new book from Chris Wattie, entitled Contact Charlie: The Canadian Army, The Taliban and The Battle That Saved Afghanistan. It's about Charlie Company of the PPCLI Battle Group that formed the lion's share of Task Force Orion in Kandahar in the first half of 2006.
The book isn't due in stores until mid-October, but I'm really looking forward to its release. Not only do I know quite a few of the players in the story, I know they've read it and liked it. That's endorsement enough for me.
posted by Babbling Brooks at 1:03 p.m.
3 Comments:
Thanks for the heads-up on this, bb. I just checked it out at Amazon.com, read the fly-leaf and it's definitely on my must-read list.
(If one is interested in historical war narratives, one I strongly recommend is "The Regiment" by Farley Mowat. He was a junior officer in the distinguished infantry regiment the Hastings and Pr. Edward Regt in WW2. Fascinating, compelling reading by a master story-teller.
For biographies, I also recommend Paul Brickhill's "Reach for the Sky", his biography of his friend and famed WW2 RAF ace, Douglas Bader. The late Mr. Bader was the classic example of a man that you might be able to kill, but never be able to defeat.
Mr. Brickhill was also the author of "The Great Escape", another can't-put-down book. It's the incredible true WW2 story of 72 Allied Airmen POWs doing a mass escape in the heart of Nazi Germany, on which the hit movie of the same name was based.
Maybe the blog owners could establish a "Recommended Reading" page, with their and commentors' favorite books listed???)
Dave, As an amputee (only one, below knee) Bader was my hero from the moment I read the book when eight!
Mark
Ottawa
Mark, I can then sure see why you'd relate to Douglas Bader. The magnificent way he overcame loss of both legs is really inspiring.
I especially enjoyed the funny and insightful part in the book where, after Bader became proficient with his prosthetic legs, he took up golf and became a golfing fanatic. An expert golfer who was one of his golfing partners noted how Bader always did much better on his strokes where he had an uphill lie. Bader then had a special pair of "golf legs" made, one slightly shorter than the other so that he'd have a permanent uphill lie.
I also remember reading elsewhere that after WW2, Bader became very active with British and Commonwealth disabled veterans. He traveled a vast amount, giving inspirational speeches, meeting with groups or one-on-one with disabled vets. It may sound like a cliche but many of these vets later said the very likeable and genuine Mr. Bader was truly inspiring.
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