Simon Akam’s The Changing of the Guard exposes the failures of the British army
This detailed, academic book argues flawed leadership led to military disaster in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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In an interrogation room in Syria, two members of the notorious “Beatles” terror cell joke about hostages and reminisce…
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How Pakistan has played a deadly game with the US.
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On the ground in Mosul, the terror group's stronghold is crumbling.
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Nameless bodies: the horror faced by migrants in Libya
Even after I'd visited the morgue, and spoken to trafficked women, it was Jallo's story which stuck in my…
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The colonel’s revenge: on the battle against Islamic State in Iraq
Rough justice in Iraq’s killing fields.
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From a bullet to a drone, Anatomy of a Soldier tells the story of a wounded captain through the objects around him
I'd heard about what happened to Harry Parker in Afghanistan, and so at first I was a little nervous…
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How Islamic State exported its novel brand of horror to long-troubled Afghanistan
“If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it’s a duck,” a diplomat told me in Kabul.…
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