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The 'fighting season' in Afghanistan is that strange annual pattern of the local fighters who re-emerge every year, apparently undaunted. So there is something wry about these reflections, by a much-admired British parachute officer, on the real-life experience of our country mission to promote democracy and cut off terrorism in Afghanistan - and of the extraordinary resilience of the Army's enemy there. From the shock of a soldier whose friend has just been blown up next to him, to the adventure of being in a vast country, and the tension between a soldier's wish to fight, his fears, and the administrative or political problems that prevent him from doing so, Fighting Season provides a significant and accomplished account of a soldier's experience if the Afghan campaign.

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A significant and accomplished account of a soldier s experience of the Afghan campaign * Britain at War * Neither a guns-blazing boy s own adventure or a top down tactical and political analysis of the UK s intervention. Instead, the author recollects his deployment with a refreshing air of modesty and without hyperbole -- Andrew Simms * Soldier Magazine *

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Graham Lee was an officer in the British Army's spearhead Air Assault Brigade. He has served in Afghanistan, Kenya and Germany, in addition to other assignments around the world. This is his first book.

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