After the Blast

An Australian officer in Iraq and Afghanistan

Garth Callender

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Black Inc
24 June 2015

Memoirs; Afghan War; Iraq War; Biography - Australian

A very Australian story of heroism and healing.

In 2004 Garth Callender, a junior cavalry officer, was deployed to Iraq.

He quickly found his feet leading convoys of armoured vehicles through the streets of Baghdad and into the desert beyond.

But one morning his crew was targeted in a roadside bomb attack.

Garth became Australia's first serious casualty in the war.

After recovering from his injuries, Garth returned to Iraq in 2006 as second-in-command of the Australian Army's security detachment in Baghdad.

He found a city in the grip of a rising insurgency.

His unit had to contend with missile attacks, suicide bombers and the death by misadventure of one of their own, Private Jake Kovco.

Determined to prevent the kinds of bomb attacks that left him scarred, Garth volunteered once more in 2009 -

to lead a weapons intelligence team in Afghanistan.

He was helicoptered to blast zones in the aftermath of attacks, and worked to identify the insurgent bomb-makers responsible.

Revealing, moving, funny and full of drama, Garth Callender's story is one of a kind.

'Garth Callender, a wounded veteran, tells his story of multiple combat tours with acid intensity.

Stark, brutal and honest, After the Blast exposes the ghastly business of modern warfare.

It is an uncompromising account that will shock some readers.

Raw emotions, fears, loves, frustrations and anger are unflinchingly recalled.

This book provides a rare insight to the harsh realities of Australia's contemporary conflicts.'

Major General John Cantwell, AO, DSC, Author of Exit Wounds

'Garth Callender shows you what soldiers really think -

and, more importantly, feel.'

James Brown, author of Anzac's Long Shadow

By: Garth Callender
Imprint: Black Inc
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 358g
ISBN: 9781863957380
ISBN 10: 1863957383
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 24 June 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Reviews for After the Blast: An Australian officer in Iraq and Afghanistan

'Garth Callender, a wounded veteran, tells his story of multiple combat tours with acid intensity. Stark, brutal and honest, After the Blast exposes the ghastly business of modern warfare. It is an uncompromising account that will shock some readers. Raw emotions, fears, loves, frustrations and anger are unflinchingly recalled. This book provides a rare insight to the harsh realities of Australia's contemporary conflicts.' Major General John Cantwell, AO, DSC, Author of Exit Wounds 'Garth Callender shows you what soldiers really think - and, more importantly, feel.' James Brown, author of Anzac's Long Shadow