The patrol
Subtitle: seven days in the life of a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan
By: Ryan Flavelle ; foreword by David J. Bercuson
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781443407175
Subjects: Biography; Biographies; Afghan War, 2001-; Canadian Personal narratives; Canadian Participation; Soldiers; Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001-; Récits personnels canadiens; Participation canadienne; Militaires; Military participation; Canadian; Afghanistankrieg; Soldat; Canada. Canadian Armed Forces; Canada; Canada. Forces armées canadiennes
Description: The patrol is a gritty, boots-on-the-ground memoir of a soldier's experience in the Canadian Forces in the twenty-first century. This book isn't merely about the guns and the glory, it is about why we fight, why men and women choose such a dangerous and demanding job and what their lives are like when they find themselves back in our ordinary world.