Ebook: Soldier box: why I won't return to war
Author: Glenton Joe
- Tags: Afghan War 2001---Desertions--Great Britain, Afghan War 2001---Participation British, Conscientious objectors--Great Britain, Military deserters--Great Britain, Soldiers--Great Britain, Soldiers--Political activity--Great Britain, Afghan War 2001-, Military deserters, Soldiers, Soldiers--Political activity, Military participation--British, Conscientious objectors, Desertion Military, Personal narratives, Biography, Biographies, Autobiographies, Glenton Joe -- 1982-, Afghan War 2001- -- Desertions -- Great
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Verso Books
- City: Great Britain
- Edition: 1st edition
- Language: English
- epub
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.;"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.
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