Courage Under Fire

Tim Lynch joined the army at the age of sixteen and saw active service with the Army Air Corps in the Falklands and Northern Ireland. After returning to civilian life he co-authored one of the first studies of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among British veterans and was closely involved in the campaign for improved services for ex-service personnel. He is trained in Critical Incident Debriefing and as a Probation Officer working with offender veterans both in custody and in the community. He is also a freelance writer and photographer specialising in military history and is a regular contributor to a variety of magazines in Britain and the US. His books include "Battlefield Archaeology", "Silent Skies:Gliders at War" and "Dunkirk 1940: Whereabouts Unknown" as well as contributions to "The Falklands War: Then and Now" and "3 Para - Mount Longdon".

• Content FOREWORD BY GENERAL SIR RICHARD DANNATT VII INTRODUCTION XI 1.THE MILITARY 1 2.THE 'TOMMY' 19 3.START LINE 53 4.CLOSE TO HOME 71 5.THE COURAGE TO DO NOTHING 91 6.FIX BAYONETS 103 7.CASEVAC 119 8.THE BATTLE OF GARMSIR 133 9.BEHIND THE LINES 147 10.HACKING IT 155 11.RESETTLEMENT 179 12.POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER 187 13.LAST POST 209 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 219 ABOUT COMBAT STRESS 221