Rogue Forces by Mark Willacy
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Rogue Forces
- By: Mark Willacy
- Narrated by: Mark Willacy
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Categories: History, Military
Publisher’s Summary
Rogue Forces is the explosive first insiders’ story of how some of Australia’s revered SAS soldiers crossed the line in Afghanistan, descending from elite warriors to unlawful killers.
Mark Willacy, who won a Gold Walkley for exposing SAS war crimes, has penetrated the SAS code of silence to reveal one of the darkest chapters in our country’s military history.
Willacy’s devastating award-winning Four Corners program, “Killing Fields” captured on film for the first time a war crime perpetrated by an Australian: the killing of a terrified, unarmed Afghan man in a field by an SAS soldier. It caused shockwaves around the world and resulted in an Australian Federal Police war crimes investigation. It also sparked a new line of investigation by the Brereton inquiry, the independent Australian Defence Force inquiry into war crimes in Afghanistan. It was a game changer.
But for Willacy, it was just the beginning of a much bigger story. More SAS soldiers came forward with undeniable evidence and eyewitness testimony of other unlawful killings, and exposed a culture of brutality and impunity.
Rogue Forces takes you out on the patrols where the killings happened. The result is a gripping character-driven story that embeds you on the front line in the thick of the action as those soldiers share for the first time what they witnessed. Willacy also confronts those accused about their sides of the story.
At its heart, Rogue Forces is a story about the true heroes who had the courage to come forward and expose the truth.
This is their story. A story that had to be told.
“[T]his brilliant and courageous book should be required reading for anyone seeking to paint our most recent military adventure as morally unambiguous. As Willacy shows, the ‘moral injury’ sustained by many veterans was often a case of friendly fire.” (The Australian)
©2021 Mark Willacy (P)2021 Simon & Schuster Australia
Charlie The Wonder Dog
Really challenging book
This book should be on all Australians reading lists. The real cost of war the cost on humans. The bulls@t hero worship of SAS stereotype continues with crappy reality shows that presents bullying as entertainment. If you cannot bear to listen to this book, don’t dismiss it as lies, face the horrible truth of the reality of how culture can easily become a cult…
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Michael
Magnificent
A book that no one really ever wanted to read because no one ever really wanted to believe it was all possible. Magnificently and accurately written with passion and heart. Mark cuts through redacted reports and researches extensively to discover the true stories of some SASR servicemen in Afghanistan. He also researches well beyond the murderers, exposing the real long term costs when a military unit loses its way. I highly recommend this book.
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