Flawed Hero, 2025 Edition by Chris Masters (.ePUB)
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Flawed Hero: Truth, lies and war crimes by Chris Masters, 2025 Edition
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Overview: The shocking story of Australia’s most highly decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG, and the defamation trial of the century. It took seven years, 120 days of trial hearings, 41 witnesses, and $35 million in legal costs for the court to determine to a civil level that Roberts-Smith is a war criminal.
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With a Victoria Cross and Medal for Gallantry, Ben Roberts-Smith was the most highly decorated Australian soldier, the best of the best. When he returned to civilian life, he became a poster boy for a nation hungry for warrior heroes. He embodied the myth of the classic Anzac, seven-foot-tall and bulletproof. But as his public reputation continued to grow, inside the army rumours were circulating.
Gold Walkley Award winning journalist Chris Masters was the first to investigate the rumours of summary executions, bloodings and bullying, and began to examine more closely the man we wanted to hero-worship. When the stories hit the headlines, and with a billionaire media baron’s backing, Ben Roberts-Smith sued. So commenced the defamation trial of the century, a courtroom contest of tightrope tactics and fierce wit, which Ben Roberts-Smith lost.
Chris Masters tells the extraordinary story of Ben Roberts-Smith, from the battlegrounds of Afghanistan to the frontlines of the Federal Court trial that established on the balance of probabilities he committed war crimes.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
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