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Chemical Warrior
Syria, Salisbury and Saving Lives at War
Buch von Hamish de Bretton-Gordon
Sprache: Englisch

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I can't breathe...

The scary thing about sarin is it's odourless and colourless. You're not even sure if it's there, but before you know it the gas seeps into your lungs, then your heart. I've put my gas mask on, twisted the valves, just like they trained us at Sandhurst, and still nothing. I desperately try to inhale again but no matter what I do, there's no air.

More rockets whizz past, lighting up the night sky, shaking the earth around me. Then the crackling sound of gunfire fills my ears. If I keep the mask on, I'm going to die. If I take it off, I'm going to die. And if I stand and run then I'm going to get shot in the crossfire.

I see one of our Land Rovers fifty yards away, and suddenly I know what I must do. With my lungs almost empty and my muscles burning, I run...

I can't breathe...

The scary thing about sarin is it's odourless and colourless. You're not even sure if it's there, but before you know it the gas seeps into your lungs, then your heart. I've put my gas mask on, twisted the valves, just like they trained us at Sandhurst, and still nothing. I desperately try to inhale again but no matter what I do, there's no air.

More rockets whizz past, lighting up the night sky, shaking the earth around me. Then the crackling sound of gunfire fills my ears. If I keep the mask on, I'm going to die. If I take it off, I'm going to die. And if I stand and run then I'm going to get shot in the crossfire.

I see one of our Land Rovers fifty yards away, and suddenly I know what I must do. With my lungs almost empty and my muscles burning, I run...

Über den Autor
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE (born 1963), is one of the world's leading experts on chemical and biological counter-terrorism and warfare. During his 23 year career in the British Army, he served as Commanding Officer of the UK's Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment and NATO's Rapid Reaction CBRN Battalion. He is co-founder and director of Doctors Under Fire with Professor David Nott, where he helps civilians with the threat from chemical weapons, and advises the UK Government at the highest level on CBRN - including the recent Novichok poisoning in Salisbury. He frequently appears in global media as an expert commentator, has several academic posts, and in 1991 he briefly held the world press-up record.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781472274540
ISBN-10: 1472274547
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Bretton-Gordon, Hamish de
Hersteller: Headline Publishing Group
Maße: 163 x 240 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Hamish de Bretton-Gordon
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.09.2020
Gewicht: 0,554 kg
Artikel-ID: 121902882
Über den Autor
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE (born 1963), is one of the world's leading experts on chemical and biological counter-terrorism and warfare. During his 23 year career in the British Army, he served as Commanding Officer of the UK's Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment and NATO's Rapid Reaction CBRN Battalion. He is co-founder and director of Doctors Under Fire with Professor David Nott, where he helps civilians with the threat from chemical weapons, and advises the UK Government at the highest level on CBRN - including the recent Novichok poisoning in Salisbury. He frequently appears in global media as an expert commentator, has several academic posts, and in 1991 he briefly held the world press-up record.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781472274540
ISBN-10: 1472274547
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Bretton-Gordon, Hamish de
Hersteller: Headline Publishing Group
Maße: 163 x 240 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Hamish de Bretton-Gordon
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.09.2020
Gewicht: 0,554 kg
Artikel-ID: 121902882
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