The changing of the guard : the British army since 9/11

Akam, Simon2021

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This is a revelatory, explosive new analysis of the British military today. 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 Britain's pivotal national institutions in a time of great stress.