Fighting Blind: On Assignment in War-torn Iraq - Couverture souple

Horsburgh, Shane

9781742378794: Fighting Blind: On Assignment in War-torn Iraq

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ISBN 10 : 174237879X ISBN 13 : 9781742378794

Editeur : Allen & Unwin, 2012

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Heroism is found in many forms and sometimes in the most unlikely places. Australian Shane Horsburgh spent years immersed in the chaotic, adrenaline-fuelled world of high-risk policing and counterterrorism - but when the thrill wore off, he quit his job and flew into Baghdad to work for the US Department of Defense, training commandos for the post-Saddam Iraqi police force. Life in Iraq is surreal, violent and unpredictable - and the enemy is almost impossible to pick. Shane must endure intense physical and mental stress brought on by rogue insurgents, mortar attacks, roadside bombs and fifty-degree heat, doing his best to survive while staying focused on the job. Then he meets an elderly Iraqi man, known as the Professor, in a brief encounter that changes his life . . .

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Through his years in a NSW SWAT team and counter-terrorism units, and working for the US Department of Defense, Shane Horsburgh knows a man's world like few others. During his deployment to Iraq, Shane gained a new perspective on men's lives and the pressures placed on the today's men. Using his extensive experience, and his business and risk management skills, Shane now delivers corporate and public programs around these and other conflict resolution issues. An accomplished public speaker, Shane's now also going into schools to talk to teenage boys, addressing what it means to be a real man.

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