Monographie

The changing of the guard : the British Army since 9/11 / Simon Akam

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • The changing of the guard : the British Army since 9/11 / Simon Akam
Auteur(s)
Publication
  • Melbourne London : Scribe, 2021
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (IX-688 p.) : cartes ; 25 cm
ISBN
  • 978-1-950354-49-8
  • 1-950354-49-0
  • 978-1-913348-48-9
  • 1-913348-48-2
  • 978-1-922310-27-9
  • 1-922310-27-1
EAN
  • 9781913348489 rel.
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 355.009 41
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Notes bibliogr. Index
Note sur le contenu
  • Introduction: over the top Preparation for battle Something happened Storytime Endgame Blame game Home and away
Résumé ou extrait
  • La jaquette indique : "Over the first two decades of the twenty-first century, Britain has changed enormously. During this time, the British Army fought two campaigns, in Iraq and Afghanistan, at considerable financial and human cost. Yet neither war achieved its objectives. This book questions why, and provides challenging but necessary answers. Composed from assiduous documentary research, field reportage, and hundreds of interviews with many soldiers and officers who served, as well as the politicians who directed them, the allies who accompanied them, and the family members who loved and — on occasion — lost them, it is a strikingly rich, nuanced portrait of one of our pivotal national institutions in a time of great stress. Award-winning journalist Simon Akam, who spent a year in the army when he was 18, returned a decade later to see how the institution had changed. His book examines the relevance of the armed forces today — their social, economic, political, and cultural role. This is as much a book about Britain, and about the politics of failure, as it is about the military."
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