“The Nature of Honour” is now available in paperback or audiobook.
Four and a half years ago I started writing about Australian whistleblower and former ADF legal officer David McBride, who has been facing serious charges that could potentially result in a lengthy prison sentence.
In his autobiography, The Nature of Honour, published in November 2023 by Penguin, McBride opens up about his life. The son of Dr. William McBride, the Sydney obstetrician who would be the first to raise the alarm over thalidomide in the 1960s, he studied law at Oxford before joining the British Army and serving in Northern Ireland.
He went back to civilian life, eventually returning to Sydney and did a brief stint practicing law with a major firm before deciding to join the Australian Defence Force as a legal officer. He was deployed to Afghanistan twice, and subsequently given a medical release in 2017 due to PTSD. In 2019 he was charged after releasing a trove of classified documents to the Australian media, documents which implicate senior ADF commanders and high-ranking government officials in several serious crimes and cover-ups.
Available on Audible.
As an Audible Premium Plus member for a monthly fee of only $ 14.95 CAD+GST, I receive one credit every month to use on any title from their extensive premium selection, which I used to get The Nature of Honour.
A must-read/listen for anyone who believes in democracy.
What justice is there when a soldier receives the highest possible decoration for committing murder, while a legal Sword of Damacles hangs over the head of the man who did the right thing and performed his duty honourably.
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