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Six Months Without Sundays
The Scots Guards in Afghanistan
7,19 € |
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Verlag: | Birlinn |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 08.06.2012 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9780857900951 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 320 |
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Beschreibungen
Max Benitz reports from the frontline of a highly controversial war in a perceptive and revealing account of several months spent in Afghanistan with this world-famous infantry battalion. Training with them and living amongst them as they undertake their tour in Helmand province, Benitz gives a unique insight into the pressures faced by those who risk their lives every second of the day in one of the most dangerous places on earth. Fascinating and illuminating; The Scots Guards in Afghanistan reveals new insights into the war raging in Afghanistan and the men and women who bravely serve there for the British forces.
Max Benitz has a diverse career, both as an actor and a writer. Born in London in 1985, he is best known for his role as Midshipman Calamy in the 2003 film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World by director Peter Weir. He has also featured in a movie version of Thomas Hughes' novel Tom Brown's Schooldays and starred in Trial & Retribution X: Sins of the Father. Since then he has forged a career as a writer and journalist.