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Life in the Red Zone|Andrew Robertson

Life in the Red Zone : Building, Surviving and Leading in the World's Most Unforgiving Places

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Life in the Red Zone is the memoir of Andrew Robertson, a working-class Scotsman from Paisley who spent fifteen years building one of the most significant defence support and logistics operations in modern Afghan history. During his time there, Robertson rose to become the co-founder and driving force behind AMS Global - a defence support and logistics firm that grew to employ 4,500 people and operate across 33 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces.

What distinguished Robertson was his conviction that operating in Afghanistan meant investing in Afghanistan. Where other international firms imported western expertise, he hired locally, built lasting relationships within the communities he served and championed human-centric initiatives including the Kabul Women's Bakery. This is the story of a business built with genuine purpose - one that understood the human realities of operating in conflict zones and refused to look away from them.

When the Taliban returned to power in August 2021 and the world withdrew, Robertson became something else entirely: a lifeline. Life in the Red Zone traces his journey from the chaos of the fall of Kabul - phones ringing, staff and families in danger, decisions made under extreme pressure - through the evacuation of the people who had built something extraordinary alongside him, and onwards to new operations in Ukraine.

Interwoven throughout are first-hand testimonies from the Afghan staff, international partners and families whose lives intersected with his - voices that transform a personal memoir into a collective account of what it means to build, survive and lead in the world's most unforgiving environments.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781918661477
  • ISBN-10: 1918661472
  • Publisher: Whitefox Publishing Limited
  • Publish Date: October 2026
  • Dimensions: 9.25 x 6.02 x 0.54 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.79 pounds
  • Page Count: 258

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