title: Sniper One: The Blistering True Story Of A British Battle Group Under Siege
author:  Dan Mills 
description: Dan Mills served for 24 years as an Infantry Soldier reaching the rank of Warrant Officer Class 2. During his long military career he served on operations in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. Dan was awarded a 'Mention In Despatches' for Gallantry for his services during The Iraq War. Since leaving the Army in 2010, he has forged a career as a writer and security consultant, amongst other things. Sniper One is his first book
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  _**Finest Years**_
  
   **MAX HASTINGS**
  
  Churchill as Warlord 1940-45  
    
    
    
    
    
  
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   _In memory of Roy Jenkins, and our Indian summer friendship_
  
   **Table of Contents**
  
  Cover Page
  
  Title Page
  
  Dedication
  
  Epigraph
  
  Introduction
  
  One The Battle of France
  
  Two The Two Dunkirks
  
  Three Invasion Fever
  
  Four The Battle of Britain
  
  Five Greek Fire
  
  Six Comrades
  
  Seven The Battle of America
  
  Eight A Glimpse of Arcadia
  
  Ninie ‘The Valley of Humiliation’
  
  Ten Soldiers, Bosses and ‘Slackers’
  
  Eleven ‘Second Front Now!’
  
  Twelve Camels and the Bear
  
  Thirteen The Turn of Fortune
  
  Fourteen Out of the Desert
  
  Fifteen Sunk in the Aegean
  
  Sixteen Tehran
  
  Seventeen Setting Europe Ablaze
  
  Eighteen Overlord
  
  Nineteen Bargaining with an Empty Wallet
  
  Twenty Athens: ‘Wounded in the House of Our Friends’
  
  Twenty-One Yalta
  
  Twenty-Two The Final Act
  
  Notes and Sources
  
  Select Bibliography
  
  Index
  
  Acknowledgements
  
  By the Same Author
  
  Copyright
  
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