Maverick One : para, pathfinder, renegade : the making of a warrior
Blakeley, David2013
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For the first time ever an elite British operator tells the gruelling story of his selection into the Pathfinders - Britain's secret soldiers. Pathfinder selection is a brutal physical and psychological trial lasting many weeks. It rivals that of the SAS and takes place over the same spine-crushing terrain, in the rain-and-snow-lashed wastes of the Welsh Mountains. For two decades no one has been able to relate the extraordinary trials of British elite forces selection until now. Captain David Blakeley goes on from completing selection to serve with the Pathfinders in Afghanistan post 9/11, where he had a gun held to his head by Al Qaeda fighters. From there he deploys to Iraq, on a series of dramatic behind-enemy-lines missions, wherein he and his tiny elite patrol are outnumbered, out-gunned and trapped. MAVERICK 1 is unique and extraordinary, chronicling the making of a warrior. It culminates in Blakeley fighting back to full recovery from horrific injuries suffered whilst on operations in Iraq, to go on to face SAS selection.
Main title:
Maverick One : para, pathfinder, renegade : the making of a warrior / David Blakeley.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Orion, c2013.
Collation:
ix, 309 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781409144137
Dewey class:
356.167092356.167
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
31032
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Biography | BIOG 356.167 BLAK | On loan - Due: 06 Jul 2026 |