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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- About LUNG -- Acknowledgements -- Characters -- Interview 1 - Nadia -- Interview 2 - Oliver, a Civil Servant -- Interview 3 - Simon and Nick, Iraq Veterans -- Interview 4 - Rose Gentle and Peter Brierley -- Interview 5 - Ali -- Interview 6 - Shaikh Marwan al Dulaimi Iraqi Revolutionary Tribal Council -- Interview 7 - Nadia, an Iraqi Refugee

This article reflects a journalist's personal experience of reporting on the UK military, analysing the relationship between senior military figures and the Ministry of Defence (their political masters) and the media. Topics covered include manipulation of the media and the popularity of the armed forces, as well as unpopular, ill-planned, military operations, notably Iraq and Afghanistan. The author also examines other operations, notably the wars in the Falklands and Kosovo, the 1991 Gulf War and the Scott Arms-to-Iraq Inquiry. The article goes on to explore leaks by frustrated military; tensions between military commanders and ministers; the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review; military chiefs not speaking truth to power; ministers jealous of the military's close relations with journalists; and the Defence Advisory Notice Committee. The author reveals how official secrecy is honoured more in the breach than in its observance, especially concerning the special forces.