Author: Parris, Bill
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
Year: 2004
ISBN: 0297846167
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Description:
New book, 256 pages. Bill Parris' brutally frank account is the closest you can get without handing over your passport at a Legion recruiting center. Nothing could have prepared him for the physical and mental challenges he would face, the Legions harsh training methods have changed little over the years and British recruits with their reputation for desertion were treated with deep suspicion. This is a world full of misfits and renegades, where brute force and fierce discipline are the order of the day. Legionnaires must be incredibly fit, adept in hand-to-hand combat, able to survive extraordinary deprivation, as well as tough enough to ignore the pleas of injured and orphaned children. Chillingly violent, funny and moving, Bill Paris reveals the life of a modern Legionnaire in all its dirty glory.