{"product_id":"haven-the-royal-marines-in-northern-iraq-and-southern-turkey-1991-by-nick-pounds","title":"Haven The Royal Marines in Northern Iraq and Southern Turkey 1991 by Nick Pounds","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaven The Royal Marines in Northern Iraq and Southern Turkey 1991\u003c\/strong\u003e by Nick Pounds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003eSpring 1991. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003eAs the guns fell silent after the Gulf War, a new \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003ecrisis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e erupted in the mountains of northern Iraq\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003eKurdish families, driven from their homes, faced cold, hunger and violence on a biblical scale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW180109490 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003eThe world demanded action\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003eand Three Commando Brigade Royal Marines was thrust into an operation unlike any other in their history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW180109490 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003eIn Haven, Nick Pounds delivers a gripping, ground\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003elevel account of Operation H\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003eAVEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e, the UK's part in the wider \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003ec\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003eoalition effort to create \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003ea safe haven\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e and return hundreds of thousands to their towns and villages. With the pace of a campaign narrative and the clarity of an insider's eye, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003eh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003ee takes the reader from hurried warnings and improvised logistics to tense standoffs, fragile \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003ed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003eiplomacy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e and the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180109490 BCX8\"\u003e relentless work of building security, aid and confidence, often far from the sea and far from familiar operating assumptions. 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