After the blast : an Australian officer in Iraq and Afghanistan / Garth Callender.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Callender, Garth, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--Australia--Biography.

Soldiers.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, Australian.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Participation, Australian.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Personal narratives, Australian.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Participation, Australian.

Callender, Garth, 1977-.

Callender, Garth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Collingwood, Australia : Black Inc., [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A very Australian story of heroism and healing.In 2004 Garth Callender, a junior cavalry officer, was deployed to Iraq. He quickly found his feet leading convoys of armoured vehicles through the streets of Baghdad and into the desert beyond. But one morning his crew was targeted in a roadside bomb attack. Garth became Australia's first serious casualty in the war.After recovering from his injuries, Garth returned to Iraq in 2006 as second-in-command of the Australian Army's security detachment in Baghdad. He found a city in the grip of a rising insurgency. His unit had to contend with missile

Contents:

""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Prologue: The Blast, 25 October 2004""; ""Part I: Iraq 2004""; ""1. Waiting to Deploy""; ""2. To Iraq""; ""3. First Task""; ""4. Day-To-Day Baghdad""; ""5. US and Them""; ""6. Task to Al Kasik""; ""7. The Attack""; ""8. Black Hawk to Balad""; ""Part II: Iraq 2006""; ""9. Going Back""; ""10. Back in the Middle East""; ""11. A Journey and A Boxing Match""; ""12. Death by Misadventure""; ""13. Soldier 17""; ""14. Escalation of Force""; ""15. Aftermath""; ""Part III: Afghanistan 2009-10""; ""16. A Job I Couldn�t Say No To""

""17. Tarin Kowt""""18. The Lab""; ""19. Working with Coalition Forces""; ""20. A Death � and Some Near Misses""; ""21. A Suicide Bomber, a Holiday and a New Component""; ""22. Seeing the Big Picture""; ""Picture section""; ""Epilogue""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Back Cover""

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ISBN:

9781925203301

1925203301

OCLC:

911246316