Zero Six Bravo: 60 Special Forces. 100,000 Enemy. The Explosive True Story Paperback – March 27, 2014

Excellent! Really liked the way it was written and the explanations! Glad that this story was finally written. Great reading.

I read lots of books on military history, but I had not spent much time on the "Pinkies" before. I have also read many books about Iraq but never heard of this mission. Fast read that I frequently had to stop and remind myself that it was not a movie script but rather a true story. Just when you thought there was no more bad news available then Wham! I enjoyed it.

As a Veteran myself, I found this true account of a joint U.S. and British Special Forces top secret mission into Northern Iraq over a week prior to the outbreak of the War to be a harrowing tale of incredible courage, exceptional bravery, grueling bounds of human endurance and self sacrifice a page turner from start to finish. These were truely the best of the best and I salute each and every one of them and all who have gone before and since into harms way for the freedom of others.This is a must read!

Realistic action and equipment. So many books like this are actually incorrect about many areas of special forces TOE and capabilities. They were lucky to get away with there exploits but then again fortune does favour the brave (sometimes).

Truth dressed as fiction? An entertaining read but does the style really do justice to the facts, especially when the objective is to to correct the misperceptions that exist about the reasons for the failure of this mission? I have great respect for what the author has achieved but, my own preference would have been to read the facts, presented as facts: A more "documentary" style might have been a sharper weapon to use in this instance.

Enjoyable read.The book was very hard to put down.Fantastic story of courage, team work, training and planing,All things that make a special forces unit.This is why people can feel safe in their homes at night.

Their mission seemed impossible to start with. The name "Operation No-Return" was a perfect way to describe this mission.60 men, in Landrovers with no armor protection, taking on the surrender of a 100 000-strong army corps, equipped with artillery and tanks.The Fedayeen and the Iraqi army tried to pin them down, but the squadron stayed mobile and everyone got out alive. Without losing a single man. The lessons learned from Bravo Two-Zero truly paid off.The incredible is that after they escaped by the skin of their teeth, they were branded as cowards that ran away from the fight.Another example of the narrow-mindedness of the politicians and the media today.This story is a testimony to the kind off men that makes up the Special Forces. They kept their heads on the swivel and their fingers on the triggers, and that got them out of a jam that should had killed them all.

Damien Lewis does a great job of telling this incredible story about a special forces unit behind enemy lines in Iraq. All of the books of his I have read so far have been excellent and this one is no exception. I also really appreciate that he usually includes some maps, as he has in this book.