General sir mike jackson autobiography of benjamin

          Since he retired last year as Chief of the General Staff, Sir Mike, 63, has been writing his fighting man's autobiography, Soldier..

          General Sir Mike Jackson explains why the liberation of Kosovo from Serb forces in was a defining moment for him.

        1. Born on March 21, , Sir Mike was educated at Stamford School and Sandhurst before being commissioned into the army as an officer in He.
        2. Since he retired last year as Chief of the General Staff, Sir Mike, 63, has been writing his fighting man's autobiography, Soldier.
        3. Walter Benjamin was born in Berlin in , and reborn 21 years later in Paris.
        4. The son of a decorated wartime Royal Army Service Corps Officer, Michael David Jackson was born in Sheffield on 21st March Educated at Stamford School, he.

          5. Soldier: The Autobiography of General Sir Mike Jackson

          General Sir Mike Jackson's illustrious career in the British Army has spanned almost 45 years and all that time he has shown loyalty, courage and commitment to the British army whilst also being an undeniable media attraction.

          A man of substance where foreign policy is concerned, he has served in theatres from the Artic to the jungle but is perhaps best known for his role in charge of the British troops to end ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, for assembling the British ground component of the coalition that toppled the Taliban, for equipping and organising the army we dispatched to defeat in Iraq and for re-organising the British army with aplomb.

          His drive, enthusiasm and dominating personality were always popular with his soldiers and drove him right to the top of his profession. He may have been a general but he never stopped caring about the men and women in his charge, despite the politics.

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