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Failures of Command - The death of Private Robert Poate (Paperback)
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Failures of Command - The death of Private Robert Poate (Paperback)
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On 29 August 2012 Private Robert Poate, Lance Corporal Rick
Milosevic and Sapper James Martin were killed during an insider, or
green on blue, attack in Afghanistan. Their killer was supposed to
be their ally but was a Taliban sleeper in the ranks of the Afghan
National Army. Information provided to the families by
rank-and-file soldiers after the event shocked them. When the
heavily redacted internal investigation report was received the
grieving families knew that it excluded a plethora of incriminating
facts. This powerful book is the result of a father's quest to find
out all the facts associated with the death of his son. It was a
search that revealed a labyrinth of excuses, denials, half-truths,
cover-ups, contrived secrecy, incompetence, negligence, orders not
followed, and lessons not learnt from the previous twelve years of
war in Afghanistan. The determination of Hugh Poate and the other
two families to uncover the truth would lead to a civilian Coronial
Inquest into combat deaths, the first in the 120-year history of
the Australian Army. The Coroner found five systemic deficiencies
which contributed to the soldier's deaths. Hugh Poate felt a duty
to publish the full story for the benefit of the Australian public
which relies on its Defence Force for national security in the hope
that Defence, particularly the army, will learn lessons from its
failures and improve its standard of leadership. Apart from burying
his son, Hugh found writing this book was the most depressing thing
he has ever done. Compelling and enraging, this story of the true
facts surrounding the devastating loss of three soldiers continues
to reverberate beyond their families to the highest levels of
defence and government.
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