{"product_id":"the-mad-and-the-brave-the-untold-story-of-ukraine-s-foreign-legion-9780008722470","title":"The Mad and the Brave: The Untold Story of Ukraine's Foreign Legion","description":"'Elegant and terrifying, the story of those who gave up life in the West for Ukraine's frontlines - some to save democracy, some to save themselves. A modern-day Homage to Catalonia - and Fight Club on steroids.' - Oliver Poole, London Standard‘A great read' - Mark Galeotti'Brilliant' - The Daily Express\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith real-life echoes of SAS Rogue Heroes - this is an astonishing account of Europe's biggest major conflict, told through the eyes of a ragbag collection of foreign fighters Three days after Russian tanks roll into Ukraine, President Volodymr Zelensky issues a desperate appeal for foreign military volunteers to help defend his country. Thousands answer the call from all over the world: some of them experienced soldiers, others novices who've never held a gun before.Among their ranks are high-minded idealists, adventure-seekers bored with civilian life, and ex-criminals seeking redemption - all risking their lives against the world's most vicious superpower. Some flee at the first sign of trouble, others become heroes; many are killed, and a few turn their guns on each other.This is their story - often terrifying, often tragic, sometimes comic, and sometimes glorious…\u003ch2\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin Freeman is a former chief foreign correspondent of \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, now a freelance foreign affairs journalist. He writes features, comment and book reviews for \u003cem\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as for \u003cem\u003eThe Spectator, The Economist\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe National\u003c\/em\u003e in Abu Dhabi. He contributes regularly to \u003cem\u003eFrom Our Own Correspondent\u003c\/em\u003e on BBC Radio Four and does media punditry on foreign affairs. He is also the author of three previous books: \u003cem\u003eBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: The mission to rescue the hostages the world forgo\u003c\/em\u003et (Icon Books, 2021). \u003cem\u003eKidnapped: Life as a Somali pirate hostage\u003c\/em\u003e (Monday Books, 2011) was about the author's own experience of being abducted in Somalia in 2008. And \u003cem\u003eThe Curse of the Al-Dulaimi Hotel and other half-truths from Baghdad\u003c\/em\u003e (Monday Books, 2008) is a book of reportage about post-Saddam Iraq.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colin Freeman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44273721081917,"sku":"9780008722470","price":29.74,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/x1000_db5fc4aa-25df-49e9-b14e-9039d50b63f1.jpg?v=1793669071","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-mad-and-the-brave-the-untold-story-of-ukraine-s-foreign-legion-9780008722470","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}