Marking Time and Making Friends
With war raging around him, Hennessey wonders how he arrived in Afghanistan. An English graduate at Oxford, the transition to Sandhurst was a difficult one.
Patrick Hennessey reads his soldier's tale for the 21st century; an account of his experiences at Sandhurst and then on deployment in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan's Helmand Province.
With war raging around him, Hennessey wonders how he arrived in Afghanistan. An English graduate at Oxford, the transition to Sandhurst was a difficult one
A Sweet Talk production for 麻豆社 Radio 4.
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- Tue 23 Jun 2009 09:45麻豆社 Radio 4 FM
- Wed 24 Jun 2009 00:30麻豆社 Radio 4
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