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The Junior Officers' Reading Club : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Junior Officers' Reading Club
''The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars'' is a 2009 book by Patrick Hennessey, a former officer in the Grenadier Guards. It charts his military career, from training at Sandhurst through several campaigns including Iraq and Afghanistan, and vividly describes not only the frenetic violence of a soldier's life, but the periods of stifling and (sometimes) comic boredom, living inside an institution in a state of flux: an Army caught between a world that needs it and a society that no longer understands it. The author joined the army after completing an English degree at Oxford University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Patrick Hennessey - United Agents )〕 He rose to the rank of captain before leaving the service to become a barrister.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=39 Essex Chambers - Patrick Hennessey - 39 Essex Chambers )〕 ==Reading list== A version of the book published by Penguin Books with a new Afterword in 2010 details the books that were read in "The Junior Officers' Reading Club". The list is as follows:
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