The Easy Day Was Yesterday
The Extreme Life of an SAS Soldier
Paul Jordan
- From
- his
- cage
- in
- a
- putrid,
- overcrowded
- Indian
- gaol,
- Paul
- Jordan
- reflects
- on
- a
- life
- lived
- on
- the
- edge
- and
- curses
- the
- miscalculation
- that
- robbed
- him
- of
- his
- freedom.
- His
- childhood,
- marred
- by
- the
- loss
- of
- his
- father
- and
- brother,
- produce
- a
- young
- man
- hell
- bent
- on
- being
- the
- best
- of
- the
- best
- -
- an
- ambition
- he
- achieves
- by
- being
- selected
- to
- join
- the
- elite
- SAS.
- He
- survives
- the
- gut-wrenching
- training
- regime,
- deployment
- to
- the
- jungles
- of
- Asia
- and
- the
- horrors
- of
- genocide
- in
- Rwanda
- before
- leaving
- the
- army
- to
- embark
- on
- a
- career
- as
- a
- security
- adviser.
- His
- new
- life
- sees
- him
- pursuing
- criminals
- and
- gun-toting
- bandits
- in
- Papua
- New
- Guinea
- and
- the
- Solomons,
- protecting
- CNN
- newsmen
- as
- the
- US
- 7th
- Cavalry
- storms
- into
- Baghdad
- with
- the
- outbreak
- of
- the
- Iraq
- War,
- and
- facing
- death
- on
- a
- massive
- scale
- as
- he
- accompanies
- reporters
- into
- the
- devastated
- Indonesian
- town
- of
- Banda
- Aceh,
- flattened
- by
- the
- Boxing
- Day
- tsunami.
- During
- his
- 24
- days
- in
- an
- Indian
- gaol,
- Paul
- Jordan
- discovers
- that
- friendship
- and
- human
- dignity
- somehow
- survive
- the
- filth
- and
- deprivation.
- This
- is
- a
- personal
- account
- of
- a
- tough,
- hardened
- fighter
- who
- suddenly
- finds
- himself
- totally
- dependent
- on
- others
- for
- his
- every
- need.
- The
- Easy
- Day
- was
- Yesterday
- is
- fast
- paced,
- brutally
- honest
- and
- raw,
- but
- laced
- with
- dark
- humour.
- The
- core
- of
- Paul
- Jordan's
- eventful
- life,
- however,
- is
- the
- strength
- of
- his
- bonds
- with
- family
- and
- friends
- and
- the
- ability
- of
- the
- human
- spirit
- to
- survive
- even
- the
- direst adversity.
