{"product_id":"helmand-mission-richard-doherty-2009","title":"Helmand Mission by Richard Doherty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHelmand Mission (Collectible Afghanistan War Account in Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Frontline Account of the Royal Irish Battlegroup's 2008 Helmand Tour, by Military Historian Richard Doherty\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Helmand Mission: With The Royal Irish Battlegroup in Afghanistan, 2008\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Richard Doherty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pen \u0026amp; Sword Military, Barnsley, South Yorkshire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2009\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781848841482\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1848841485\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's hardcover with illustrated dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Octavo hardcover, approximately 235 x 155 mm. Photographs to the back cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good (G)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The illustrated dust jacket is protected by a clear film cover, held with tape at the corners and edges. The jacket shows a small taped tear and creasing at the top front corner, a grey rectangular patch near the bottom left of the front panel, and some bubbling or lifting of the film on the front panel. The jacket spine is intact beneath the film. Condition of the boards beneath the jacket is not described.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text pages are clean and white, with no foxing or markings visible. The binding is tight. A small crease mark is present at the fore-edge of one spread.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present, with small tear and creasing at the top front corner, a grey patch at the bottom left of the front and lifting of the clear film on the front panel. Visible wear, roughly Good. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHelmand Mission follows the 2008 Afghanistan tour of the 1st Royal Irish Battlegroup, deployed to Helmand province as part of 16 Air Assault Brigade after celebrating St Patrick's Day that year. The account covers the preparation and training for the deployment, including time in Kenya, and the operations that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe battlegroup mentored the Afghan National Army, and one of its companies was attached to 2 PARA at Sangin. The book gives a unit-level view of a modern British infantry deployment, and of the Royal Irish Regiment's part in the Helmand campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Pen \u0026amp; Sword Military, Barnsley, the book is a useful companion for collectors of modern military history and regimental accounts of the war in Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Richard Doherty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Doherty, born in Northern Ireland in 1948, is a military historian from Derry. He was educated at St Columb's College, served as an RUC reservist from 1972 to 1974 and also served with the Territorial Army.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has worked on radio and television series, including The Sons of Ulster. His other works include The Thin Green Line, a history of the RUC GC, In the Ranks of Death, Churchill's Greatest Fear and El Alamein 1942.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHelmand Mission Richard Doherty · Royal Irish Battlegroup Afghanistan · Afghanistan war book 2008 Helmand · Royal Irish Regiment history · Pen \u0026amp; Sword military hardcover · British Army Afghanistan memoir · Richard Doherty military historian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pen \u0026 Sword Military","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58787103834415,"sku":"TCB-000396","price":220.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/helmand-mission58237_cover_1.jpg?v=1793868088","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/helmand-mission-richard-doherty-2009","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}