Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780593059500
ISBN: 0593059506
Label: Bantam Press
Manufacturer: Bantam Press
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: September 12, 2008
Publisher: Bantam Press
Studio: Bantam Press

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Rating: - Dull and sad
Not a lot going for this book. The author spends a lot of time explaining what broken and lost people some of his former comrades in arms are (most of this is described in other books by the people involved), and that war wrecks peoples lives so perhaps they need professional help. Not exactly news to anyone, one might think.

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Rating: - The Realities of Soldiering
Like his other non-fictional books, Seven Troop is an excellent read. In my opinion, his best to date. McNab describes in vivid detail, from his own experience, and that of his "Brothers in Arms" the reality of fighting "at the sharp end", and the effect it has on those individuals once they are no longer exposed to those dangers. His unselfish accounts of Frank Collins, Al Slater and in particular, Nish Bruce and Thomas Franks, highlight the problems surrounding PTSD, and the need for those in a ... Read More

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Rating: - Been there before
My reason for three stars is that I feel I've read most of it before in Bravo Two Zero. To be honest, I started to skip through it-Yet going back over the parts where McNab ?, like in other books, will keep on telling us and showing photos-of men who are no longer in this world. Please don't take me wrong, I am not saying that he is being unfeeling in this, but the men in question have got friends and loved one still around, and I think it about time the men were allowed to rest, and there families ... Read More

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Rating: - A Disagreement
I am going to have to disagree with the other reviewers. This book does nothing but rehash Bravo Two Zero and Immediate Action. The fire fights in Northern Ireland, Nicky Smith's death, selection, The Gulf War, et al. They have been all gone over in McNab's two previous non fiction books.

Personally, I was hoping for something with more depth into operations, training, etc. However, I did not get that. Yes, I realize OPSEC is an issue. However, lets be real here folks, most of the information ... Read More

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Rating: - High personal price of special forces soldiering
A sad but very much needed work on the nasty realities of soldiering, this book recounts the very moving descent into unhappiness and despair some of McNab's best mates endured in the aftermath of service.

From this book it seems clear that the Regiment is an unnatural substitute for normal family life for young men, i.e., wife and kids are replaced by comradeship, which perhaps becomes foundational for a subsequent dysfunctional life for some of the guys. It means that when they leave there ... Read More

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