Author

Publication

1995 - Bantam Press, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

97,000 words, Guess

Page Count

388 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveimmediateaction0000mcna
  • ISBN-100593037820
  • ISBN-139780593037829
  • Goodreads2800082
  • LibraryThing41738
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Classifications

  • LCCU53.M388 A3 1995

Description

The most astonishing true story you will ever read - by the author of the million-copy bestseller, Bravo Two Zero.Immediate Action is a no-holds-barred account of an extraordinary life, from the day Andy McNab was found in a carrier bag on the steps of Guy's Hospital to the day he went to fight in the Gulf War.As a delinquent youth he kicked against society. As a young soldier he waged war against the IRA in the streets and fields of South Armagh. As a member of 22 SAS Regiment he was at the centre of covert operations for nine years - on five continents.Recounting with grim humour and in riveting, often horrifying, detail his activities in the world's most highly trained and efficient Special Forces unit, McNab sweeps us into a world of surveillance and intelligence-gathering, counter-terrorism and hostage rescue.There are casualties: the best men are so often the first to be killed, because they are in front.By turns chilling, astonishing, violent, funny and moving, this blistering first-hand account of life at the forward edge of battle confirms Andy McNab's standing in the front rank of writers on modern war.

First Sentence

The windows and doors of the building were boarded up bristled with barbed wire, but that wasn't going to keep us out.

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