Bøger af Chris Masters

With a Victoria Cross and Medal for Gallantry, Ben Roberts-Smith was the most highly decorated Australian soldier, the best of the best. When he returned to civilian life, he became a poster boy for a nation hungry for warrior heroes. He embodied the myth of the classic Anzac, seven-foot-tall and bulletproof. But as his public reputation continued to grow, inside the army rumours were circulating. Gold Walkley Award winning journalist Chris Masters was the first to investigate the rumours of summary executions, bloodings and bullying, and began to examine more closely the man we wanted to hero-worship. When the stories hit the headlines, and with a billionaire media baron's backing, Ben Roberts-Smith sued. So commenced the defamation trial of the century, a courtroom contest of tightrope tactics and fierce wit. Chris Masters tells the extraordinary story of Ben Roberts-Smith, the man at the centre of this de facto war crimes trial, from the battlegrounds of Afghanistan to the front lines of the Federal Court.

Have you ever been on a bad date? Have you ever met someone off the Internet? Have you ever combined them both into a book to capitalize off your bad Internet dates? Most people can probably say yes to the first question. A smaller number would answer yes to the second. Only a select few who are courageous enough to let people laugh about their mistakes can answer yes to question three. This book is also about hope. I hope the sales from this book will cover a large part of my psychiatric care. You may hope to never go on these types of dates in your life. I hope you get as much pleasure reading this book as I had in writing it. Wait. Scratch that. Writing is a pain, and reliving past memories of painful memories only causes more pain. So, in closing, I hope reading this book wasn't as painful as it was to write.

Writings of Love, Mystery, and Memories of the past and present, thoughts of wonder on did that actually happen with disbelief to myself after it unraveled in front of me. Wonders of what happened today, and whats going to be tomorrow.