Bravo Two Zero (novel)

Bravo Two Zero
Author 'Andy McNab'
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Special Forces / Gulf war
Publisher Bantam Press
Publication date
October 1993
Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages 411
ISBN 0-552-14127-5
OCLC 31377154
Followed by Immediate Action
This article is about the book. For the actual events see Bravo Two Zero. For the film see Bravo Two Zero (film)

Bravo Two Zero is a 1993 book written under the pseudonym 'Andy McNab'.[1][2] The book is a partially fictional account of an SAS patrol that becomes compromised while operating behind enemy lines in Iraq, in 1991. The patrol was led by the author and included another writer, 'Chris Ryan'.

Controversy

Subsequent introduction of confidentiality agreements

One of the effects of the books publication and other memoirs resulted in the MoD introducing confidentiality agreements. These meant that serving members could no longer publish memoirs or accounts without the prior agreement of the MoD. Soldiers who refused to sign these agreements faced being RTU'd, the author of Soldier Five was pursued through the New Zealand courts to stop the publication of his book. Those who did publish their experiences, or were suspected of having been sources for journalists, were blacklisted and cut off from any association with Hereford.[11]

See also

References

  1. Asher, Michael (2003). The Real Bravo Two Zero. England: Cassell. p. 2. ISBN 0-304-36554-8.
  2. Hanks, Robert "Andy McNab: The hidden face of war" The Independent, Nov 19, 2004
  3. Boggon, S (Dec 7, 2000). "How one SAS patrol launched a fusillade of 'kill-and-tell' books, then a fierce war of words". The Independent. Archived from the original on July 4, 2009. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  4. Asher, Michael (2003). The Real Bravo Two Zero. England: Cassell. ISBN 0-304-36554-8.
  5. McNab, Andy (1993). Bravo Two Zero. Great Britain: Bantom Press. p. 165. ISBN 0-552-14127-5.
  6. Ryan, Chris (1995). The One That Got Away. London: Century. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-09-964161-2.
  7. Asher, Michael (2003). The Real Bravo Two Zero. England: Cassell. p. 137. ISBN 0-304-36554-8.
  8. Asher, Michael (2003). The Real Bravo Two Zero. England: Cassell. p. 247. ISBN 0-304-36554-8.
  9. Ratcliffe, Peter (2000). Eye of the Storm. England: Michael O'Mara Books Limited. p. 428. ISBN 1-84317-052-3.
  10. Ratcliffe, Peter (2000). Eye of the Storm. England: Michael O'Mara Books Limited. p. 429. ISBN 1-84317-052-3.
  11. Neville, Leigh, The SAS 1983-2014 (Elite), Osprey Publishing, 2016, ISBN 1472814037 ISBN 978-1472814036, p.29,
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