Martin Pengelly

Brotherhood (eBook, ePUB)

When West Point Rugby Went to War

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

We're better off for having these men among us.Wall Street Journal Before 9/11, the rugby team at West Point learned to bond on a sports field. This is what happened when those 15 young men became leaders in war. Filled with drama, tragedy, and personal transformations, this is the story of a unique brotherhood. It is a story of American rugby and a story of the U. S. Army created through intimate portraits of men shaped by West Point's motto: Duty, Honor, Country. Some of the players deployed to Afganistan and Iraq, some to Europe. Some became infantry, others became fliers. Some saw action, some did not. One gave his life on a street in Baghdad when his convoy was hit with an IED. Two died away from the battlefield but no less tragically. Journalist Martin Pengelly, a former rugby player himself, was given extraordinary access to tell this story, a story of a brutal sport and even more brutal warfare.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: David R. Godine, Publisher
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781567927122
• Artikelnr.: 69249495

Autorenporträt

Martin Pengelly is the Washington-based breaking news correspondent for Guardian US. Born in Leeds, UK, he played rugby for Durham University and Rosslyn Park FC and worked for Rugby News, the Guardian and the Independent before moving to the US in 2012. Since then, he has written about politics, books, and rugby in America. His work has also appeared in Sports Illustrated and the New York Times. Brotherhood is his first book.