{"product_id":"the-smack-track-9781460752920","title":"The Smack Track","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom battling pirates to tracking down gun runners, drug smugglers and terrorists; the high energy exploits and explosive adventures of the Australian Navy in the Arabian Gulf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From Ian McPhedran, best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Amazing SAS, Soldiers Without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eToo Bold to Die\u003c\/em\u003e, comes the untold and largely unknown story of how the Royal Australian Navy battles pirates, gun runners and drug smugglers in the seas of the Arabian Gulf and the Horn of Africa along the infamous route known as the 'smack track'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than twenty years, Australian sailors have been risking their lives, conducting often fraught and dangerous operations in war and in the battle against terrorism. From braving rough seas to boarding rickety dhows or clambering up the sheer steel sides of modern day supertankers looking for contraband, \u003cem\u003eThe Smack Track\u003c\/em\u003e tells a thrilling, eye-witness story of grit, courage, ingenuity and sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian McPhedran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins Au\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781460752920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcPhedran, Ian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan McPhedran is the award-winning bestselling author of six books. Until 2016, he was the national defence writer for News Corp Australia and during his extensive career as a journalist he covered conflicts in Burma, Somalia, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq. In 1993, he won a United Nations Association peace media award and in 1999 the Walkley award for best news report for his expose of the navy's Collins class submarine fiasco. McPhedran is the author of several bestselling books including \u003ci\u003eThe Amazing SAS \u003c\/i\u003eand Too Bold to Die. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eThe Smack Track\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). He lives in Balmain with his journalist wife Verona Burgess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Au","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45089818312819,"sku":"9781460752920","price":30.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_dfd11a84-b7aa-4e91-a362-0e5408e46696.jpg?v=1781108094","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-smack-track-9781460752920","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}