Simon Akam: The Changing of the Guard: the British army since 9/11 [2021] paperback Condition:New Casting a Sacred Circle

Casting a Sacred Circle

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Its mission: to seize a bridgehead in Queen Elizabeth's territory and hold it

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Simon Akam: The Changing of the Guard: the British army since 9/11 [2021] paperback Condition:New Casting a Sacred CircleA 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