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Aftershock: Fighting War, Surviving Trauma, and Finding Peace
Matthew Green
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Description for Aftershock: Fighting War, Surviving Trauma, and Finding Peace
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Over the last decade, we have sent thousands of people to fight on our behalf. But what happens when these soldiers come back home, having lost their friends and killed their enemies, having seen and done things that have no place in civilian life? In Aftershock, Matthew Green tells the story of our veterans' journey from the frontline of combat to the reality of return. Through wide-ranging interviews with former combatants -- including a Royal Marine sniper and a former operator in the SAS - as well as serving personnel and their families, ... Read more
Over the last decade, we have sent thousands of people to fight on our behalf. But what happens when these soldiers come back home, having lost their friends and killed their enemies, having seen and done things that have no place in civilian life? In Aftershock, Matthew Green tells the story of our veterans' journey from the frontline of combat to the reality of return. Through wide-ranging interviews with former combatants -- including a Royal Marine sniper and a former operator in the SAS - as well as serving personnel and their families, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846273315
SKU
V9781846273315
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About Matthew Green
For the past fourteen years, MATTHEW GREEN has worked as a correspondent for Reuters and the Financial Times, reporting from over thirty countries, including Iraq and Afghanistan. His first book, The Wizard of the Nile: The Hunt for Joseph Kony, won a Jerwood Award and was longlisted for the Orwell Prize. His writing has also appeared in the Economist, The ... Read more
Reviews for Aftershock: Fighting War, Surviving Trauma, and Finding Peace
A moving and illuminating book [that] reports on the lives, struggles and triumphs of returned combat veterans and their families A thoughtful, unsensational account of a significant problem Compelling, humbling and hugely inspiring accounts from the real heroes of our era. We have a duty to understand what these men have given on our behalf
Bear Grylls An urgent manifesto... [Green's] ... Read more
Bear Grylls An urgent manifesto... [Green's] ... Read more