Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War

by Richard Holmes

Book Overview

Our foremost military historian offers us a compelling and at times terrifying account of what it means to be a contemporary soldier.

In this remarkable book, Richard Holmes draws on the testimonies of the 700 soldiers of the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment to capture in vivid detail the average soldier's day-to-day experience of war. Embroiled in a conflict often too dangerous for reporters to cover, these soldiers - most of them young,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007212852
• ISBN13: 9780007212859
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.