{"product_id":"the-changing-of-the-guard-the-british-army-since-9-12","title":"Simon Akam: The Changing of the Guard: the British army since 9\/11 [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e and a \u003cem\u003eProspect\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA revelatory, explosive new analysis of the military today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is as much a book about Britain, and about the politics of failure, as it is about the military.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akam, Simon","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42326980133049,"sku":"9781914484124","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/akam-simon-simon-akam-the-changing-of-the-guard-the-british-army-since-9-11-2021-paperback-9781914484124-58382937030995.jpg?v=1726634822","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/the-changing-of-the-guard-the-british-army-since-9-12","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}