BORN FOR WAR

Sub-titled 'One SAS Trooper's Extraordinary Account of the Falklands War', Tony Hoare always knew he wanted to be in the SAS. Both his grandfather and father had been soldiers and Tony signed up for the Cadets at the age of 13, then the Infantry at 17, and enlisted into the Royal Green Jackets before passing arduous SAS selection in 1978. Less than four years later, Tony and his team were sent to a collection of islands just off the coast of Argentina called the Falklands, where tensions were rising and war was on the horizon. No amount of training could prepare Tony for what happened over the course of the next 12 weeks, as the Falkland Islands became a battleground between British and Argentinian forces. As helicopters crashed, and ships sank, Tony, at the centre of the action, battled across treacherous terrain and against a fearsome enemy, doing whatever it took to retake the islands. This is the full, explosive, boots-on-the-ground story from a soldier at the heart of the action, who was on the frontline throughout the entire conflict and 'all soldiers would have wanted him alongside them when things got brutal. This is a no-hold account of the Falklands War from a man who was in the fight.' - Andy McNab. The book is especially poignant on what it was like to lose friends and dealing with PTSD. Tony concludes that they 'did alright, didn't we?' 306pp.