Beyond the SAS.
Ian McPhedran is a Sydney-based national defence writer for News Limited. He has been a journalist all his working life and has covered conflicts in Burma‚ Somalia‚ Cambodia‚ Papua New Guinea‚ Indonesia‚ East Timor‚ Afghanistan and Iraq. In 1993 he won a United Nations Association peace media award and in 1999 the Walkley award for best news report for his exposé of the navy's Collins class submarine fiasco. Ian lives in Balmain with his wife Verona and daughter Lucy. Peter Byrne has narrated many books for Bolinda including biographies, fiction and an extended series of Quarterly Essays. Peter has also narrated a considerable number of non-fiction works focusing on wartime conflicts and the military, encompassing Vietnam, the Middle East and Gallipoli. Peter divides his time between Melbourne and the Goldfields region of central Victoria.
"Ian McPhedran documents the recent history of the Australian
special forces—the S.A.S.—in missions to Dubai, Iraq, Timor, and
Rwanda. His focus favors the personnel rather than the clandestine
training and operations. The mini-biographies last little more than
a few sentences, making it difficult to perceive any depth to the
men spotlighted. Narrator Peter Byrne's bombastic approach seems
like overkill for the bland facts, but it generates excitement
where the author has provided little. Byrne's greatest moment comes
when he screams in agony for one of the macho characters. He’s at
ease with the down-under accent and national vocabulary—in which
the ubiquitous adjective "bloody" modifies almost every noun,
bloke, and mate."
*AudioFile Magazine*
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