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Informationen zum Autor Patrick Hennessey was born in 1982 and educated at Berkhamsted School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read English. He joined the Army in January 2004, undertaking officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst where he was awarded the Queen's Medal and commissioned into The Grenadier Guards. He served as a Platoon Commander and later Company Operations Officer from the end of 2004 to early 2009 in the Balkans, Africa, South East Asia and the Falkland Islands and on operational tours to Iraq in 2006 and Afghanistan in 2007, where he became the youngest Captain in the Army and was commended for gallantry. Patrick is currently studying to become a barrister and hopes to specialize in conflict and international humanitarian law. Klappentext An account of all the horror, boredom and exhilaration of war. It tells the story of how a modern soldier is made, from the testosterone-heavy breeding ground of Sandhurst to the nightmare of Iraq and Afghanistan. Zusammenfassung An account of all the horror, boredom and exhilaration of war. It tells the story of how a modern soldier is made, from the testosterone-heavy breeding ground of Sandhurst to the nightmare of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Hennessey
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.05.2010
• EAN: 9780141039268
• ISBN: 978-0-14-103926-8
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Afghanistan : Berichte, Erinnerungen, Soldat, Soldatin, Irak : Berichte, Erinnerungen, Afghanistan, Memoirs, HISTORY / Military / Afghan War (2001-), HISTORY / Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), United Kingdom, Great Britain, Iraq, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Afghan War, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Specific wars and campaigns, Iraq War