Contact: The Brutal Chronicle of a Para's War on the Battlefield of Ulster

by A.F.N. Clarke

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Summary

This acclaimed best-seller from Captain Clarke (British Parachute Regiment) on the blood soaked 70’s in Northern Ireland is a raw, visceral, "no-holds-barred" account of life in combat from one of the men we pay to kill. Soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan comment on how the dangers, political agendas and religious roots underlying the conflict are eerily and heartbreakingly similar to their own more recent experiences, where they also lived with senses on high alert waiting to be ripped apart by the accuracy of a sniper or a well-hidden bomb.

Clarke takes us to the heart of the action. We enter the private world of the soldiers, experience their emotions, fear, courage, humor, bravado and the anguish of death. The expanded ebook edition also reveals the untold nightmare Clarke lived through having nearly died, with half his insides missing, suffering from PTSD and being expected to return to a “normal life”. A story of the scars of war that affect generations. Of heartache, courage and hope for peace.

CONTACT was first published in the UK in 1983 by Martin Secker & Warburg, became an instant best seller and made into an award-winning film by BBCTV. The new ebook edition is still selling strong all these years later. Other books (fiction) by the author include: The Orange Moon Affair, The Jonas Trust Deception (Thomas Gunn thriller series); An Unquiet American; Dry Tortugas; Dreams from the Death Age; Armageddon; Collisions with more coming soon.

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