Book description
Ross Kemp risks all to tell the story of the British soldier in
Ross Kemp on Afghanistan.
He has played an East End hardman, an SAS soldier and investigated
vicious world gangs. Now Ross Kemp is taking on perhaps his hardest
assignment of all - the Taliban. In order to prepare for this
life-threatening ordeal, Ross Kemp trains with the First Battalion
Royal Anglians in England's subzero temperatures, practicing firing SA
80 rifles and .50 calibre machine guns, getting to know the soldiers
and learning the tactics they use to stay alive. Sent with them to
Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province, he immerses himself
fully: he endures the stifling heat, the constant threat of snipers,
RPG attacks, suicide bombers and land mines. In short, he discovers
first hand what it's like to fight on the frontline.
It's the closest he's ever come to dying - bullets fizzing inches
from his head as they hit the ground on either side of him. After two
harrowing and arduous months Ross returns to England, but there is
little relief to be had as he meets the mothers of soldiers killed in
the conflict. Then in September 2008 he goes back to the war zone, to
see how the men he grew so close to are faring, to check how many of
them are still alive. Ross Kemp on Afganistan is a fascinating,
horrifying and often moving insight into the brutal reality ordinary
soldiers have to face in one of the world's most dangerous and
volatile regions.
Ross Kemp was born in Essex in 1964, to a father who was a senior
detective with the Metropolitan Police and had served in the army for
four years. He is a BAFTA award-winning actor, journalist and author,
who is best known for his role of Grant Mitchell in Eastenders.
His award-winning documentary series Ross Kemp on Gangs led
to his international recognition as an investigative journalist.
Born in Essex in 1964, Ross Kemp is best known for his portrayal of
Grant Mitchell in
EastEnders
. His father was a senior detective with the Metropolitan Police force,
but before that he served in the army for four years. His regiment was
amalgamated with others to form the Royal Anglians, the troops Ross was
with in Afghanistan.
