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PUBLISHER: Birlinn General
FORMAT: Hardback
ISBN: 9781843410522
RRP: £16.99
PAGES: 320
PUBLICATION DATE:
November 1, 2011
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Six Months without Sundays: The Scots Guard in Afghanistan
Max Benitz
Max Benitz reports from the frontline of a highly controversial war in a perceptive and revealing account of several months spent in Afghanistan with this world-famous infantry battalion. Training with them and living amongst them as they undertake their tour in Helmand province, Benitz gives a unique insight into the pressures faced by those who risk their lives every second of the day in one of the most dangerous places on earth. Fascinating and illuminating; The Scots Guards in Afghanistan reveals new insights into the war raging in Afghanistan and the men and women who bravely serve there for the British forces.
Reviews of Six Months without Sundays: The Scots Guard in Afghanistan
"Not only insightful but entertaining" – RUSI Journal (Royal United Services Institution)
Max Benitz
Max Benitz has a diverse career, both as an actor and a writer. Born in London in 1985, he is best known for his role as Midshipman Calamy in the 2003 film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World by director Peter Weir. He has also featured in a movie version of Thomas Hughes’ novel Tom Brown’s Schooldays and starred in Trial & Retribution X: Sins of the Father. Since then he has forged a career as a writer and journalist.