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The Junior Officers' Reading Club : killing time and fighting wars / Patrick Hennessey.

Title
The Junior Officers' Reading Club : killing time and fighting wars / Patrick Hennessey.
Author
Hennessey, Patrick, 1982-
Publication
New York : Riverhead Books, 2010.

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Description
xv, 310 pages : illustrations, maps; 21 cm
Summary
A revelatory first-hand account of a young enlistee's profound coming of age and 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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Personal narratives
  • Biographies
  • Personal narratives – British
  • Biographies.
  • Récits personnels.
Note
  • Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2009.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Prologue -- The Junior Officers Ŕeading Club -- A call to arms -- On the first block -- Welcome to fucking Iraq -- All things come -- Decompression -- Glossary of military terms.
ISBN
  • 9781594484797
  • 1594484791
LCCN
2010017134
OCLC
  • 555647844
  • SCSB-11470441
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library