Ronald Bodley

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Colonel Ronald Victor Courtenay (R. V. C.) Bodley (March 1892- May 26, 1970) was a British army officer, author and journalist. He is best known for his book, Wind in the Sahara. Bodley was born in Paris in March 1892. He was educated at Eton College and Sandhurst, and served as an officer with the King's Royal Rifle Corps during World War I. He reached the rank of Colonel while in France, and was appointed assistant Military attaché to Paris on August 15, 1918. As assistant military attaché Bodley attended the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. What Bodley heard there reportedly made him feel like what he and millions of other soldiers had fought for was all for nothing. Dissillusioned with the military, Bodley considered a career in politics instead.