Always a Marine: The Return to Civvy Street
by Steven Preece (Goodreads author!)
published
October 1st 2005
by Mainstream Publishing
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Paperback, 288 pages
setting
United Kingdom
isbn
184596005X
(isbn13: 9781845960056)
description
In Amongst the Marines, Steven Preece vividly depicted his excessive, violent lifestyle as an elite Royal Marine Commando. Now, Always a Marine ...more
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Read in May, 2008
I read this immediately after reading the first, companion book, 'Amongst the Marines'. Both are best thought of as two volumes of one book.
The prose is startlingly simple, a clear account of a young man's entry from a none-too-perfect childhood into the marines, then onto the difficult adjustments as he matures and develops a life in civilian worlds.
Extreme in its depiction of violence as a way of life, fuelled by alcohol more often than not, the extreme swings of emotion are vio...more
The prose is startlingly simple, a clear account of a young man's entry from a none-too-perfect childhood into the marines, then onto the difficult adjustments as he matures and develops a life in civilian worlds.
Extreme in its depiction of violence as a way of life, fuelled by alcohol more often than not, the extreme swings of emotion are vio...more
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Read in April, 2008
This book is shocking in places, but the author does a good job of showing how impulsively violent he became, and his struggle to change. It is a timely memoir, nailing the problem right on the head: the military turns men into killing machines, insecure and immature young men become violent, kill or be killed becomes their mantra. After the military uses them for war, soldiers are sent back into society, where they are expected to be emotionally equipped, even socialized. We are living this pro...more
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Read in June, 2008
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I enjoyed Steve’s book, and could relate especially to his struggles for looking for work and, working different jobs (after he got out of the Marines). This continuous search for employment happens to me in the legal field, where I work as a legal secretary. Steve had to learn to tolerant some of the fools that he has worked with too. I can relate to that too! Steve sounds like he was a good worker and kept trying to advance in his career by learning more and trying to be very helpful to...more
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Read in January, 2005
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I wrote this book as a sequal to my first book, "Amongst The Marines." This book describes my journey in life through 13 years after I left the military. During my service I led a very excessive and violent lifestyle and undoubtedly changing back into an ordinary every day citizen was never going to be easy for me.
When I walked out of the Main gate for the last time I was still mentally a soldier and being one wasn't something I could just switch off. Through 13 years I travelle...more
When I walked out of the Main gate for the last time I was still mentally a soldier and being one wasn't something I could just switch off. Through 13 years I travelle...more
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