On Afghanistan's Plains : The Light Dragoons in Helmand 2006–2012

fighting and many casualties, and proved to be a turning point in the campaign.On AfghanistanPlains describes what it was like to be in Helmand on foot or cooped-up in an armoured vehicle fighting the Taliban. NATOcommander-in-chief in Afghanistan in later years, US General Stanley McChrystal, paid The Light Dragoons the greatest compliment: When I looked into their eyes, which were bloodshot with fatigue, I remember the extraordinary professionalism, competence and the sheer courage of those young men. [Publisher's Text]