Victoria's Cross: The Untold Story of Britain's Highest Award for Bravery

by Gary Mead

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This controversial book, by one of the UK's finest military historians, reveals the squalid truth about Britain's highest military honor, exposing a shameful history of racism, misogyny, and political expediency. When 25-year old Private Johnson Beharry won the Victoria Cross in 2005 for bravery under fire in Iraq, he was the first person to win Britain's highest military honor since the Falklands war in 1982 and the first living recipient since 1969,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1843542706

ISBN13:9781843542704

Release Date:July 2016

Publisher:Atlantic Books (UK)

Length:352 Pages

Weight:0.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 4.9" x 7.7"

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