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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David MasonPublisher: Hachette Australia Imprint: Hachette Australia Dimensions: Width: 12.60cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 19.60cm Weight: 0.280kg ISBN: 9780733639135ISBN 10: 0733639135 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 08 August 2017 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsSince its creation in 1831, the French Foreign Legion has become the stuff of myth, fiction and dreams... Anyone thinking of joining up would be well advised to read this book first. - The Sun Herald Remarkable... It's hard not to think it a shame that a man of such obvious gifts should have wasted them on the legion, just so as not to have to feel like a quitter, even if this book was the result. - The Age Marching with the Devil quickly turns into an insightful and honest account of an unpretentious Aussie's experiences in one of the most ramshackle and soul-destroying military organisations on Earth. - Courier Mail A strangely compulsive read about one man s quest for self knowledge. - Men's Health Magazine Mason left a comfortable life in Australia to test himself in the crucible of the legion, and he writes about it 20 years after his service time necessary to give himself the distance and context he needed to write about an extraordinary and painful experience. - Sunday Mail Brisbane It s a rollicking, readable memoir of extreme adventures. - Burnie Advocate Marching with the Devil quickly turns into an insightful and honest account of an unpretentious Aussie's experiences in one of the most ramshackle and soul-destroying military organisations on Earth. - COURIER-MAILSince its creation in 1831, the French Foreign Legion has become the stuff of myth, fiction and dreams . . . Anyone thinking of joining up would be well advised to read this book first. - SUN-HERALDRemarkable - THE AGEA strangely compulsive read about one man's quest for self knowledge. - MEN'S HEALTHMason left a comfortable life in Australia to test himself in the crucible of the legion, and he writes about it 20 years after his service time, necessary to give himself the distance and context he needed to write about an extraordinary and painful experience. - SUNDAY MAIL It s a rollicking, readable memoir of extreme adventures. - Burnie Advocate Author InformationIn 1988, David Mason joined the French Foreign Legion. He stayed for five years and served in the Legion's elite Parachute Regiment. David later wrote about his time in the Legion in MARCHING WITH THE DEVIL. In 1998, alone with three camels, David walked across Australia at its widest point, carrying out the first recorded solo east-to-west crossing of the Simpson Desert. For this expedition he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Australian Geographic Society. He wrote a book about this journey titled, WALK ACROSS AUSTRALIA: THE FIRST SOLO CROSSING. For a decade David was Counsel, International Law in the Department of Defence. He was Senior Adviser to Australia's Defence Minister and later, National Security Adviser to the Attorney-General of Australia. David left the Attorney's office to pursue a Doctorate in Law at the Australian National University's College of Law. His doctoral thesis deals with the status of mercenaries in international armed conflict. David has deployed on operations eight times and is the only person to have served as a Legionnaire, Australian Defence Civilian on Bougainville and in Iraq, Private Contractor in Iraq and as an Australian Defence Force Officer in Afghanistan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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