Point Man

Mark Townsend

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN: 9780571272440
• Edition: 0

The point man leads the patrol into battle, looking for signs of danger. He is the first to face ambushes, hidden bombs and snipers. Few survive for long. Between 2007 and 2008, 20-year-old Kenny Meighan was the longest-serving point man in Helmand province. An exceptionally skilful and brave private, he was lucky to make it home alive. But in his hometown in Essex, where prospects are bleak and his father still suffers from the nightmares of his own war experience, Kenny's struggle is far from over.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Illustrations
• 1: The Cornfield
• 2: A Messy Tour
• 3: Bait Platoon
• 4: Crocodile Smiles
• 5: First Love
• 6: Bonfire Night
• 7: To Kill
• 8: Psycho Suite
• 9: Night March
• 10: Blue-Eyed Wolves
• 11: Cannon Fodder
• 12: Isolation
• 13: Route 64
• 14: Rage
• 15: Toy Soldiers
• Plates
• About the Author
• Copyright