Richard Holmes: ACTS OF WAR Z44 [2004] paperback Condition:New and seminal texts of the

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Richard Holmes: ACTS OF WAR Z44 [2004] paperback Condition:New and seminal texts of theThe reality of what it is to be a soldier, by Britain's foremost military historian. This ambitious, wide ranging, exhaustively researched book is a compelling attempt to grasp the very nature of war. It takes us through the soldier's experience in its entirety from the humiliation of basic training and the intense comradeship of army life, to the terror, isolation and exhaustion of battle. What does it feel like to be in the firing line? How does