Experience Shoot To Kill: From 2 Para To The SAS Conceived By Michael Asher Exhibited In Leaflet

Asher's investigation into the famous SAS operation, The Real Bravo Two Zero, became a bestseller, and his biography of Lawrence of Arabia was deemed "brilliant" by reviewers.
Here, in a unique military memoir, he reveals his own background: how he joined the elitend Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, and finally the SAS.
Told he would fail the arduous training, he proved them all wrong, But after years of working with various branches of the military, and being stationed in Northern Ireland, Asher abandoned it all and departed for a new life in the Sudanese desert, where he has lived for years among the Bedouins.

Boring Not the best

This book was ok but nothing very exciting, the title doesn't really reflect the story ,the only saving grace was it as really short Interesting read of one man's development through the military mince and yo the eventual success out of the military The description on the good read page more or less sums the book up.
It's a memoir of a career soldier which describes in detail the training regimes for the various units.
It gives a picture of someone striving to find a place where they are happy and where they fit in and ultimately not succeeding.
I reservefor the very greatest works but this is an unusually good book,

It starts like so many other military memoirs with the battle of training, selection etc.
but goes to a place Ive not seen visited in other books about soldiering,

A really honest look at the military, mens motivations and relationship with violence, the Troubles and humanity itself.


It was a struggle to finish it!!

To me I found the book to be quite dull and disjointed in places.
Parts of the book were interesting particularly the reserve SAS training but it was rushed at the conclusion.

Brilliant expression and use of words to perfectly describe events

I thoroughly enjoyed my first ever autobiography and it has changed my reading style to many more similar in the future.
Michael Asher is a brilliant author and I will be reading his adventures from now on, Thank you for giving me reason to read, Ireland

Brings home the bitterness and misery of the troubles, rushed ending spoils the read but on the whole not a bad book A good insight of the troubles of Northern Ireland in thes by somebody who was there.
Great read

Loved this book, from the onset this took me back to my own basic trg it made me smile allot then the fight to become one of the world's elite amazing This book is now marketed as a SAS memoir.
Originally it was more a military and police memoir of thes UK, The author was a paratrooper in Northern Ireland, then went to university, As a student he was in the SAS reserve, After college he joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary, policing Belfast, then suddenly decided to become a charity worker in the Sudan.


There is one outstanding passage in the book, his description of an Orange Order parade on a summer day, as he watched his fellow police and the marching bands.
Much of it, like thes, is a bit dull! Michael Asher is an author, historian, deep ecologist, and

notable desert explorer who has covered than,miles on foot and camel.
He spent three years living with a traditional nomadic tribe in Sudan, Michael Asher was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, in, and attended Stamford School, Athe enlisted in thend Battalion the Parachute Regiment, and saw active service in Northern Ireland during The Troubles there in thes.
He studied English Language Linguistics at the University of Leeds, at the same time serving in B Squadron,rd SAS Regiment, He also studied at Carnegie College, Leeds, where he qualified as a teacher of physical education and English.
In, he worked for the RUC Special Patrol Group anti terrori Michael Asher is an author, historian, deep ecologist, and notable desert explorer who has covered than,miles on foot and camel.
He spent three years living with a traditional nomadic tribe in Sudan, Michael Asher was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, in, and attended Stamford School, Athe enlisted in thend Battalion the Parachute Regiment, and saw active service in Northern Ireland during The Troubles there in thes.
He studied English Language Linguistics at the University of Leeds, at the same time serving in B Squadron,rd SAS Regiment, He also studied at Carnegie College, Leeds, where he qualified as a teacher of physical education and English.
In, he worked for the RUC Special Patrol Group anti terrorist patrols, but left after less than a year.
He took a job as a volunteer English teacher in the Sudan in, The author of twenty one published books, and presenter/director of six TV documentaries, Asher has lived in Africa for much of his life, and speaks Arabic and Swahili.
He is married to Arabist and photographer Mariantonietta Peru, with whom he has a son and a daughter, Burton and Jade.
He currently lives in Nairobi, Kenya, sitelink.