A Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle (Signed) - Clark, Andrew

SIGNED BY ANDREW CLARK on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; slight angle to spine; very light wear to upper front edge of dust jacket; slight wear to lower inside corner; otherwise very minimal wear; When journalist Andrew Clark heard the story of Harold Joseph Pringle from his grandfather, he began a quest to uncover a Canadian tragedy that has lain buried for fifty years. This extraordinary story of the last soldier to be executed by the Canadian military - likely wrongfully - gives life to the forgotten casualties of war and brings their honour home at last. A Keen Soldier is a true-life military detective story that shows another side of what many consider our proudest military campaign. Andrew Clark examines the fallout of a crisis that disfigured our national conscience and continues to raise questions about the ethics of war. And he does so with eloquence and a deep compassion, not only for his subject but for all wartime soldiers - even the men who executed Pringle and the officer who gave the order to "Fire."
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Hardcover
Knopf Canada
1st Edition
2nd Printing
2002
Toronto, ON