Log In
Or create an account ->
Imperial Library
Home
About
News
Upload
Forum
Help
Login/SignUp
Index
Cover
Title Page
Contents
They asked if ever I’d been shot,
INTRODUCTION: ‘MAY IT BURN THEIR LOUSY SOULS’
From many a conflicted land
1. THE BIRTH OF PEACEKEEPING
When I was a soldier the Brass would panic
2. STAGGING ON
Sandbagged and scarred, the airport and city,
3. CYPRUS – THE INTERVENTION THAT WASN’T
Suffer the little children – thousands and more,
4. MAXIMUM FORCE
The helmets were blue
5. UNDER THE BLUE HELMET
The dictator Saddam Hussein
6. ‘NEVER AGAIN . . .’
A man of charm, intelligence and zeal,
7. KOFI ANNAN
‘What should I learn?’ the young man asked.
8. LANDMINES
The press’s reputation being zero,
9. PEACEKEEPERS’ ACCOMPLICES
The two-year-olds were half alive,
10. SOFT POWER
The child we do not recognise,
11. SOMALIA
The Treaty of Westphalia
12. SOUTH SUDAN
For all the sins of Blighty
13. FLASHBACK TO SINGAPORE
It’s now quite clear to all and sundry
14. REMAINER’S LAMENT
The skies grew dark the morning after
15. WILD MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE
If you wish to avoid mishaps
16. TWELVE LESSONS OF SOLDIERING
In this the age of shock and awe
17. RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
I’ve been shot at and mortared,
18. BACK BEARINGS
The ground is haunted by the ghosts
19. ENVOI
A NOTE ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS
ENDNOTES
Imprint Page
← Prev
Back
Next →
← Prev
Back
Next →