{"product_id":"9781443407182","title":"The Patrol","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe national bestseller and instant classic about Canada's war in Afghanistan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2008, Ryan Flavelle, a reservist in the Canadian Army and a student at the University of Calgary, volunteered to serve in Afghanistan. For seven months, twenty-four-year-old Flavelle, a signaller attached to the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, endured the extreme heat, the long hours and the occasional absurdity of life as a Canadian soldier in this new war so far from home. Flavelle spent much of his time at a Canadian Forward Operating Base (FOB), living among his fellow soldiers and occasionally going outside the wire. For one seven-day period, Flavelle went into Taliban country, always walking in the footsteps of the man ahead of him, meeting Afghans and watching behind every mud wall for a sign of an enemy combatant. \u003cb\u003eThe Patrol\u003c\/b\u003e is a gritty, boots-on-the-ground memoir of a soldier’s experience in the Canadian Forces in the 21st century. It is about why we fight, why men and women choose such a dangerous and demanding job, and what their lives are like when they find themselves back in our ordinary world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050144645360,"sku":"9781443407182","price":15.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781443407182_p0.jpg?v=1763816129","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781443407182","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}