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01962aam a2200349 i 4500 001 3B60166EFC1D11E7842A9F4C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180118010011 008 170110s2017 enk 000 0 eng 010 $a 2017430380 020 $a 1471156710 020 $a 9781471156717 020 $a 1471156702 020 $a 9781471156700 035 $a (OCoLC)957243459 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d NZTPP $d CDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a DS371.413 $b .H84 2017 082 04 $a 958.104/7 $2 23 100 1 $a Hughes, Kim $c (Bomb disposal opeartor), $e author. 245 10 $a Painting the sand : $b one man's fight against the Taliban bomb-makers of Helman / $c Kim Hughtes GC. 264 1 $a London : $b Simon & Schuster, $c 2017. 300 $a 326 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a Kim Hughes is the most highly decorated bomb disposal operator serving in the British Army. He was awarded the George Cross in 2009 following a grueling six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan during which he defused 119 improvised explosive devices, survived numerous Taliban ambushes and endured a close encounter with the Secretary of State for Defence. The back drop to Painting the Sand will be the Afghan War, the conflict where the cold courage of the bomb disposal operator rose to national prominence. No other field of warfare offers the chance of a single individual to come so close to his enemy and fight out a battle of wits where losing can means death. This is one of the best memoirs that will come out of a ten-year struggle to defeat a hidden, and enduring, enemy. 600 10 $a Hughes, Kim $c (Bomb disposal opeartor), 650 0 $a Afghan War, 2001- $v Personal narratives, British. 650 0 $a Ordnance disposal units $z Afghanistan. 941 $a 1 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20180118010108.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3B60166EFC1D11E7842A9F4C97128E48 994 $a Z0 $b HL6Initiate Another SILO Locator Search