Book description
Captain Robert Semrau's military trial made international headlines-a
Canadian soldier serving in Afghanistan arrested for allegedly killing
a grievously wounded Taliban soldier in the field. The trial and its
outcome are a matter of public record. What you are about to read
about the tour of duty that inspired this book is not.
What you are about to read is an emotionally draining and
mind-snapping firsthand account of war on the ground in Afghanistan.
It's raw and explosive. Names have been changed to protect the brave
and not so brave alike.
What you are about to read is an account of soldiers who live, fight
and die in a moonscape of a country where it's sometimes hard to tell
your friend from your enemy. It's about trying to hold it together
when a mortar attack is ripping your friends and allies apart, and
your world unravels before your eyes.
Rob Semrau wrote this book to tell us about the sheer hell that is
the Stan, but also to recognize the incredible courage and compassion
he witnessed in the heat of battle. The soldiers you are about to meet
and the events that befall them will linger on in your mind long after
you have closed these pages.
ROBERT SEMRAU was a combat soldier with Task Force 3-08 in
2008. A captain, he led a small specialized unit of Canadian mentors
who worked side-by-side with the Afghan National Army.
