Their mission was straightforward - to set up an Al Qaeda observation post in the south-eastern mountains of Afghanistan. No-one was expecting any difficulties. Instead three men - a Navy SEAL, an Air Force Combat Air Controller and an Army Ranger platoon commander - were pinned down by hostile fire on top of Takur Ghar mountain. Only one of them survived to recall the horrors of what became a truly terrible day . . .
The resulting rescue mission turned into a twenty-four-hour pitched battle that left seven soldiers dead. 'Roberts Ridge' is the visceral, no-holds-barred story of those twenty-four hours. With unfettered access to Pentagon generals, the SEALS and the survivors, Malcolm MacPherson takes the reader deep into the heart of the battle of Takur Ghar and brings us face to face with the reality of modern war.
