Simon Akam

The Changing of the Guard: the British army since 9/11 Simon Akam

The British Army since 9/11. Over the first two decades of the 21st century the British Army fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, at considerable human and financial cost. Yet neither war achieved its objectives. The award-winning journalist questions why, and provides challenging but necessary answers. Composed from field reportage, hundreds of interview and assiduous documentary research, this is a strickingly rich, nuanced portrait of one of our national institutions in a time of great stress. It is a book about Britain, and the politics of failure, as it is about the military.