The Junior Officers Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars
by Hennessey, Patrick
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Used; Good
- ISBN 10
- 1594484791
- ISBN 13
- 9781594484797
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Synopsis
Hailed as a classic of war writing in the U.K., The Junior Officers' Reading Club is a revelatory first-hand account of a young enlistee's profound coming of age. Attempting to stave off the tedium and pressures of army life in the Iraqi desert by losing themselves in the dusty paperbacks on the transit-camp bookshelves, Hennessey and a handful of his pals from military academy form the Junior Officers' Reading Club. By the time he reaches Afghanistan and the rest of the club are scattered across the Middle East, they are no longer cheerfully overconfident young recruits, hungering for action and glory. Hennessey captures how boys grow into men amid the frenetic, sometimes exhilarating violence, frequent boredom, and almost overwhelming responsibilities that frame a soldier's experience and the way we fight today. Watch a Video
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- Bookseller
- Greener Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1801060
- Title
- The Junior Officers Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars
- Author
- Hennessey, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used; Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 1594484791
- ISBN 13
- 9781594484797
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- N Y
- Date Published
- 09/07/2010
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.