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Lethal Shot: A Royal Marine Commando in Action

Hardback

Main Details

Title Lethal Shot: A Royal Marine Commando in Action
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rob Driscoll
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 242,Width 160
Category/GenreMemoirs
True War and Combat Stories
Iraq war
ISBN/Barcode 9781786062543
ClassificationsDewey:958.1047341
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher John Blake Publishing Ltd
Imprint John Blake Publishing Ltd
Publication Date 30 May 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Rob Driscoll, former sergeant with 42 Commando, Royal Marines, served tours in Iraq, Kuwait and Kosovo. A born leader of fighting men, with the medals to prove it, he also endured three tours in Afghanistan. The third of those will go down in history as one of the UK military's darkest hours, for it marked the first time a British serviceman has been tried for a murder on the battlefield since the Second World War. That man was Sergeant Alexander Blackman, Rob Driscoll's friend and fellow NCO in 42 Commando, and on the day in question they were commanding patrols within a few hundred yards of each other. Few men know what really went on that day in Helmand Province. Rob Driscoll is one. And in his book - with Blackman's blessing - he reveals all. Yet Lethal Shot is more than a compelling insight into one of the most controversial rulings in recent military history. It is a clear-eyed account of life on active service with the Royal Marines, of incursions into war-torn countries where chaos and anarchy ruled - and of risking your life daily for politicians back home who won't support you. In charting its author's career as a Royal Marine Commando, it unflinchingly demonstrates the real-life horrors of engaging at close quarters with enemies such as the Taliban - as well as the dangers that politics can bring to the ordinary fighting serviceman. Sergeants Blackman and Driscoll were two sides of the same coin. One came home a hero, the other a wanted man. But for circumstance, it might have been the other way round.

Author Biography

Robert Driscoll was born in Roehampton, south-west London, in May 1976 to Tina, a dental nurse, and Clive Driscoll, an aspiring constable with the Metropolitan Police (he was to retire as a detective chief inspector). Robert joined the Royal Marines in February 1998. Having completed Commando training, jungle training and Arctic training; he went on to serve on operations in Kosovo (1999), Afghanistan (2002) and Iraq (2003), before leaving the Marines and following his father into the Metropolitan Police. After his initial police training (2004), he was posted to Southwark Borough South and cut his teeth as a police officer on the streets of Peckham, south-east London. In 2005, with the war in Afghanistan intensifying, it wasn't long before the lure of active service pulled Robert back to his beloved Royal Marines. On his return to the Corps, he quickly found himself deployed around the world, serving within the Royal Marines and UK Special Forces group; he was to finish his military career with Juliet Company, 42 Commando RM, on Operation Herrick 14 in Afghanistan (2011), his third tour in that country, for which he received a Mention in Despatches.