Soldier box : why I won't return to war / Joe Glenton.
Glenton, Joe, 1982-
KD6278.D47 .G54 2013 (Mapit)
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Author Glenton, Joe, 1982-
Title Soldier box : why I won't return to war / Joe Glenton.
Edition 1st edition.
Imprint London ; New York : Verso, 2013.
Description xi, 170 pages ; 21 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: Remand, 2009
Youth
Basic training
First posting
To Kabul
Kandahar
Promotion and flight
Oxford and Africa
AWOL
'Nam
Australia
Home
Struggle
Pro-peace
Remand
Waiting for trial
Prison
Appeal and the letters
Reckoning
Resisting the turnkeys
Civilian
Soldier and scholar
Debriefing.
Summary "When the War on Terror began, Joe Glenton signed up to serve his nation. He passed through basic training and deployed to Afghanistan in 2006. What he saw overseas left him disillusioned, and he returned manifesting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Refusing a second tour, he went AWOL and left the country, but returned voluntarily to fight his case, with the military accusing him of desertion. Despite being threatened with years in prison, he continued to speak out and won the support of many of his fellow soldiers. Unsparingly honest and powerfully written, Glenton's account of his personal war against an unjust occupation is the true story of an ordinary soldier standing up for his convictions, refusing to take part in a pointless conflict, and taking on the military establishment."--Publisher's website.
Location STA
Call Number KD6278.D47 .G54 2013
Language English
ISBN 9781781680926 hardback alkaline paper
1781680922 hardback alkaline paper
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