In his newly-released diaries, a soldier from near Shropshire talks of a British Army in which, at least in the unit in which he served, rank counts for more than expertise and knowledge.
John playing baseball during a quiet time in the Gulf.
"I kept a diary mainly because it was something new, something different at the time and it gave me something to do as well. As time went on I started realising there were lots of things going on and you think 'the public know none of this'. His colleagues knew what was in it because he had allowed them to read it so they could factually verify it as he went along.Clearly his revelations held an embarrassment factor.
An additional factor causing him to delay publication was that he wanted to avoid the possibility of giving encouragement to potential adversaries by making them think that the British Army was not as good as it liked to believe.
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