No lack of courage
Subtitle: Operation Medusa, Afghanistan
By: Bernd Horn ; foreword by R.J. Hillier
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto; Tonawanda, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781554887668
Subjects: Courage; Case studies; Operation Medusa, 2006; Regimental histories; Afghan War, 2001-; Armed Forces
Description: No Lack of Courage is the story of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's first battle. It is a revealing account of Operation Medusa, the largely Canadian action from 1 to 17 September 2006, to dislodge a heavily entrenched Taliban force in the Pashmul district of Afghanistan's Kandahar Province. At stake, according to senior Afghan politicians and NATO military commanders, was nothing less than the very existence of the reconstituted state of Afghanistan, as well as the NATO alliance itself. In a bitterly fought conflict that lasted more than two weeks, Canadian, Afghan, and Coalition troops defeated the dug-in enemy forces and chased them from the Pashmul area.

In the end, the brunt of the fighting fell on the Canadians, and the operation that saved Afghanistan exacted a great cost. However, the battle also demonstrated that Canada had shed its peacekeeping mythology and was once more ready to commit troops deliberately to combat. Moreover, it revealed yet again that Canadian soldiers have no lack of courage. --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ([p. 151]-191) and index.

Also issued in electronic format.