The Accidental Soldier
Dispatches from Quite Near the Front Line
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The Accidental Soldier
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I loved it . . . relentlessly funny and really well written - John Oliver
Authentic and compulsive - Richard E. Grant
A fascinating insight into the often farcical chaos and catastrophe of war. Reads like a non-fiction Catch-22. Compelling, enlightening and bleakly funny. A jaw-dropping read. - Matt Haig
An instant classic - a deeply funny and mordant book about war. - Richard Curtis
Owain Mulligan was never what you'd call a career soldier. Nor even a particularly good one. At weekends he trained with the Territorial Army and dreamt of swapping the mayhem of teaching in a tough school for the adventure of service in Iraq. At least they'd let him wear a helmet in Iraq.
But when the job in headquarters he's been expecting doesn't materialise, he finds himself on the streets of Basra during one of the most violent periods of the conflict. Between homicidal militias, a chain of command who seem determined to get him killed, and equipment which might well do it for them, he and his men have their work cut out. It certainly puts double geography with 9E into perspective.
The Accidental Soldier is a searingly honest and darkly funny account of what it was really like being in the British Army in Iraq (including all the bits they probably hoped you'd never find out). We share all the hardships, fears, and occasional lunacy of military life as Owain and his men try to navigate a war gone badly wrong. One thing's for sure; you'll never look at the phrase 'military precision' in quite the same way again...©2025 Owain Mulligan (P)2025 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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- Paul
- 04-25-25
Funny as F...!
This is the funniest book I have read in a long time. Mulligan's self-deprecatory humour is top-notch, but he also convincingly relates the harrowing conditions the troops operated under. The narration is excellent, and the epilogue is especially thoughtful and moving.
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