
- 328 pages
- English
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Life Wasn't Boring
About this book
Soldiering is a serious, frequently bloody business. That aspect has been documented endlessly. But behind the blood, thunder and de-humanising aspects of conflict are people – people in uniform and people supporting them. All of them have personal feelings and aspirations and they experience the humdrum assortment of daily occurrences that closely match those of their counterparts in civil society. Those aspects of their lives are not widely reported, or appreciated, and it is on those that this book has its focus.
'Life Wasn't Boring' relates the life, times, successes, failures and, most importantly, the personal inter-actions and loves of a professional infantry officer and his family, over more than a third of the century that was his service. Some parts are as serious as can be expected of a military account. Other parts might surprise, entertain and even amuse the reader. Together they hold up a mirror to reveal the human side of being a soldier.
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Table of contents
- TITLE PAGE
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- PROLOGUE
- CHAPTER ONE: MY FAMILY AND EARLY YEARS
- CHAPTER TWO: OFFICER TRAINING
- CHAPTER THREE: BEGINNING IN BALLYKINLER
- CHAPTER FOUR: BERLIN – A SUBALTERN’S LIFE BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
- CHAPTER FIVE: ACTION IN ADEN
- CHAPTER SIX: TIDWORTH, ALDERSHOT AND PENETRATION
- CHAPTER SEVEN: STARTING LIFE TOGETHER IN WARMINSTER
- CHAPTER EIGHT: THE PADERBORN/NORTHERN IRELAND SHUTTLE
- CHAPTER NINE: SANDHURST – A DECADE LATE
- CHAPTER TEN: HARD TIMES IN LONDONDERRY
- CHAPTER ELEVEN: STAFF COLLEGE – FROM EXTRA MATHS TO A COAT OF MANY COLOURS
- CHAPTER TWELVE: BERLIN – A SECOND HELPING
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: SOLDIERING IN A SUIT
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: COMMANDING THE POMPADOURS
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: PLANNING FOR WORLD WAR III
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN: VIRTUAL WARFARE – THE BRIGADE AND BATTLEGROUP TRAINER
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: SWANSONG AT UPAVON
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- GLOSSARY
- COPYRIGHT