{"product_id":"9781914484124","title":"The Changing of the Guard : the British army since 9\/11 by Simon Akam","description":"A TLS and a Prospect Book of the YearA revelatory, explosive new analysis of the military today.   Over the first two decades of the twenty-first century the British Army fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, at considerable financial and human cost. Yet neither war achieved its objectives. Award-winning journalist Simon Akam questions why, and provides challenging but necessary answers. Composed from assiduous documentary research, field reportage, and hundreds of interviews, this book is a strikingly rich, nuanced portrait of one of our pivotal national institutions in a time of great stress.   This is as much a book about Britain, and about the politics of failure, as it is about the military.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309288894837,"sku":"9781914484124","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781914484124.jpg?v=1762811167","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781914484124","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}