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offers a profoundly unromantic view of war: one of the long stretches of exhausting work and preparation, fraught with moments of intense, high-risk combat... an engaging account of the Libyan intervention that provides a firsthand perspective of aerial warfare, as well as a view of the challenges overcome along the way. Laidlaw's book, a significant contribution towards the literature on Apache operations and NATO's Libyan campaign, is the most compelling memoir of the war published to date. --Naval Historical Foundation A very good way to follow the operations of NATO in the closest combat, inside the cockpit of this formidable helicopter. --Air Fan, February/March 2017

offers a profoundly unromantic view of war: one of the long stretches of exhausting work and preparation, fraught with moments of intense, high-risk combat... an engaging account of the Libyan intervention that provides a firsthand perspective of aerial warfare, as well as a view of the challenges overcome along the way. Laidlaw's book, a significant contribution towards the literature on Apache operations and NATO's Libyan campaign, is the most compelling memoir of the war published to date. -- Naval Historical Foundation A very good way to follow the operations of NATO in the closest combat, inside the cockpit of this formidable helicopter. -- Air Fan, February/March 2017

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Will Laidlaw is a son of the Scottish Borders and was educated in Scotland. He was commissioned into the Army Air Corps in the late 1990s and has amassed 1800 hours flying a range of military helicopters including the Apache. His work has taken him all round the world and he has deployed on active service in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya.

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