Simon Akam: The Changing of the Guard: the British army since 9/11 [2021] paperback Condition:New From tough lessons on the

From tough lessons on the parish pitch and the politics of afterschool football to the euphoria of Croke Park and brushes with demigods like Jimmy Barry-Murphy and Roy Keane

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Casting a Sacred Circle

Simon Akam: The Changing of the Guard: the British army since 9/11 [2021] paperback Condition:New From tough lessons on theA TLS and a Prospect Book of the Year A revelatory, explosive new analysis of the military today. Over the first two decades of the twenty first century the British Army fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, at considerable financial and human cost. Yet neither war achieved its objectives. Award winning journalist Simon Akam questions why, and provides challenging but necessary answers. Composed from assiduous documentary research, field reportage, and