‘A terrifying precedent’: author describes struggle to publish British army history

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Simon Akam says Penguin Random House cancelled his book about the British army, The Changing of the Guard, and demanded back his advance after he refused to let the MoD vet it

In the summer of 2015, journalist Simon Akam was thrilled when imprint William Heinemann won a five-way auction to publish his book, The Changing of the Guard. It promised to be an “explosive, intimate, authoritative account of the British army”, with PRH likening Akam to George Orwell, Ernest Hemingway and Michael Herr.was published – but not by PRH.

 

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Yes but imagine how many people the could spread it to whilst on their own in a cab

Even without reading i would say it has something to do with progressive silencing history, culture etc.

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