Description
| Product ID: | 9781914484124 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Changing of the Guard |
| Subtitle: | the British army since 9/11 |
| Authors: | Author: Simon Akam |
| Page Count: | 704 |
| Subjects: | Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Reportage & collected journalism, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Military history, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Espionage and secret services, Geopolitics, Terrorism, armed struggle, Military and defence strategy, War and defence operations, Military institutions, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Military history, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, Espionage & secret services, Geopolitics, Terrorism, armed struggle, Defence strategy, planning & research, War & defence operations, Military life & institutions, United Kingdom, Great Britain |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A TLS and a Prospect Book of the YearA 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 hundreds of interviews, this book is a strikingly rich, nuanced portrait of one of our pivotal national institutions in a time of great stress. This is as much a book about Britain, and about the politics of failure, as it is about the military. |
| Imprint Name: | Scribe Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Scribe Publications |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-10-14 |
