Hunter - thanks for the comments. It makes me feel that I didn't waste my time when writing the book if the reader takes something away from the experience. I especially like comments from other squaddies, those that have been in similar situations. I totally agree that more personal accounts should be written otherwise our experiences will fade away and will be lost forever. Historians and the general public need to understand what it was like on the ground at that time, away from politics, the media and public misperceptions. General historical overviews of campaigns have their place, but we also need to hear the voices of our former comrades to balance the story.
Even today, with the abundance of well educated military personell, personal accounts are very thin on the ground. Bosnia, from the British perspective, only has a handful of books written by personnel that served there. That's from the tens of thousands that were in theatre. And from those accounts I found only 1 other written by a "squaddie", the others were penned by very senior officers.
My story is from the eyes of an infanteer, with references to our supporting arms & services. Its a shame that others, Arty, Engineers, Cavalry, etc haven't done the same.