by James Fergusson · Bantam Books · tapa dura · ISBN 9780593059029
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«A Million Bullets» is James Fergusson's military history essay, published by Bantam Books in hardcover, in English (352 pages).
Fergusson reconstructs the British mission in Helmand in 2006: an operation intended as peaceful that ended in combat against the Taliban. The book focuses on the siege of Sangin, where a reduced force resisted daily attacks for weeks, and gathers testimonies from soldiers, commanders, and Taliban fighters.
Published in 2008, it carries the subtitle «The Real Story of the British Army in Afghanistan». The siege of Sangin lasted 52 days; the synopsis puts the number of shots fired at over 400,000. Includes bibliographic references and an index.
For readers of military history and war journalism interested in the Afghan conflict and British operations of the 2000s.
