{"product_id":"9780312610890","title":"Apache Dawn : Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eApache Dawn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Damien Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Apache attack helicopter is one of the world's most awesome weapons systems. Deployed for the first time in Afghanistan, it has already passed into legend. The only thing more incredible than the Apache itself are the pilots who fly her. For the first time, \u003ci\u003eApache Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e tells their story—and their baptism of fire in the unforgiving battle of Helmand province.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir call sign was \"Ugly\"—and there was no better word for the grueling hundred-day deployment they endured. Day after day, four of England's Army Air Corps' finest pilots flew right into the heart of battle, testing their aircraft to the very limit. \u003ci\u003eApache Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader with them on a series of unrelenting and brutally intense combat missions, from daring, edge-of-the-seat rescues to dramatic close-air support in the white heat of battle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBestselling author Damien Lewis has been given unprecedented access to these heroic aircrews and to the men on the ground whose lives they saved. It is an astounding story of bravery, skill, and resilience in the face of unbelievable odds. And it is the story of the Apache itself—the ultimate fighting machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Veteran war correspondent Lewis (\u003ci\u003eBloody Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e) chronicles the dramatic story of two Apache attack helicopters in Afghanistan in this intense and sobering narrative...Lewis vividly recreates the deft skills and steady nerves demanded of helicopter pilots in combat in the tradition of Robert Mason's Vietnam War classic, \u003ci\u003eChickenhawk\u003c\/i\u003e, and Ed Macy's \u003ci\u003eApache\u003c\/i\u003e. Military and aviation enthusiasts will appreciate this fast-paced, eloquent account of modern war.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As good as any thriller I have ever read.” —\u003ci\u003eFreddie Forsyth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312610890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40623867920590,"sku":"9780312610890","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_19ce95d7-3912-404f-ae5e-970d3dbb4f65.jpg?v=1638579558","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312610890","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}