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One australians war on terror melbourne university press, 2012. Exit wounds updated edition, john cantwell, greg bearup. Exit wounds updated edition by john cantwell and greg bearup. Raw, candid and eyeopening, no one who reads this book will be unmoved, nor forget its imagery or words. One australian s war on terror, which was first published in 2012. In 2015 he released his latest book leadership in action. He has hidden his post traumatic stress disorder for decades, fearing it will affect his career. Exit wounds, greg bearup, john cantwell melbourne university. Exit wounds is the deeply human account of one mans tour of the war on terror, the moving story of life on a modern battlefield. In exit wounds, cantwell moves from eager young soldier in the first gulf war to physically and emotionally wounded officer in the second, but he never for a moment deviates from a sense of duty. Booktopia has exit wounds, one australians war on terror by john cantwell. Exit wounds one australians war on terror john cantwell. Watch the trailer for the explosive and highly compelling autobiography of major general john cantwell exit wounds.

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