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Christian Hill - Combat Camera: From Auntie Beeb to the Afghan Frontline - 9781846883538 - V9781846883538
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Combat Camera: From Auntie Beeb to the Afghan Frontline

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Description for Combat Camera: From Auntie Beeb to the Afghan Frontline Paperback. Combat Camera reveals the inner workings - and absurdities - of the British military's media operations in Afghanistan. A war memoir that draws on hundreds of field reports, it exposes the truth behind the headlines. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMG; DNJ; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 282.
May 2011, Afghanistan: Camp Bastion is under attack, the Sun’s Defence Editor is about to catch the wrong helicopter, and a famous TV war reporter is missing half his kit and wants his trainers back. Amid the chaos, Christian Hill is preparing to lead his Combat Camera Team on the British Army’s first big operation of the Helmand summer, inching through the IED-riddled fields of the notorious Green Zone, very probably getting shot at. A captain in the Media Operations Group, his job is to promote the war to the British media – and make it look like things are ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Alma Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Surrey, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846883538
SKU
V9781846883538
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5

About Christian Hill
Christian Hill joined the British Army in 1996, undertaking officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst before being posted to 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. He served as Troop Commander and later Operations Officer in Canada, Germany, Jordan, Bosnia and the Falkland Islands. After four years he left the army and worked as a showbiz reporter in London before ... Read more

Reviews for Combat Camera: From Auntie Beeb to the Afghan Frontline
The most appealing aspect of the writing is the self-effacement and modesty. There's no showboating heroism here... for what Hill makes clear is a faltering, ill-conceived and unsure mission. For a good look behind the journalists' blue flak jackets and mendacious military press-releases, read Combat Camera.
Frank Ledwidge, author of Losing Small Wars and Investment in Blood Opens your ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Combat Camera: From Auntie Beeb to the Afghan Frontline


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