Life in the Red Zone

From a working-class upbringing in Paisley to operating as a private contractor in some of the world�s most volatile conflict zones, Life in the Red Zone is Andrew Robertson�s unfiltered memoir of survival, leadership and purpose.

Arriving in Kabul in 2006 as a mechanic to keep the vehicles of President Karzai�s protection detail running, Robertson spent the next fifteen years � including a stint in Iraq � becoming one of the most effective private contractors in Afghanistan. Where others imported western expertise, he hired locally, invested in the communities he served and under his stewardship turned AMS into a premier defence support and logistics firm. More than a personal story, this is the account of a man driven to build a business with purpose � one that never looked away from the human realities of conflict.

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.