Crossing the Line, Nick McKenzie
REVIEW
Crossing the Line, Nick McKenzie
Reviewed By
Karen Chisholm
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Well worth reading both books on this trial, I'd hung onto this one for a time because we were due to read it for our f2f bookclub. All of whom had not read the other book, all of whom were horrified and appalled by Roberts-Smith actions, and what was done in our name by him. There's "fog of war" and there's deliberate bullying, abuse, killing and utterly disgusting behaviour.
Full Review at Bookwyrm Social.
BOOK DETAILS
BOOK INFORMATION
Author
Nick McKenzie
ISBN
9780733650437
Year of Publication
2023
BLURB
'There is no doubt the truth would have been concealed and our concerns buried without Nick McKenzie's relentless pursuit of justice.' SAS Afghanistan veteran
War is brutal. But there are lines that should never be crossed. In mid-2017, whispers of executions, and cover-ups within Australia's most secretive and elite military unit, the SAS, reached Walkley Award-winning journalist Nick McKenzie. He and Chris Masters began an investigation that would not only reveal shocking truths about Ben Roberts-Smith VC but plunge the reporters into the defamation trial of the century.
For five years, McKenzie led the investigation, waging an epic battle for the truth to be acknowledged. His fight to reveal the real face of Australia's most famous and revered SAS soldier and examine evidence of bullying, intimidation, war crimes and murder would take him across Australia and to Afghanistan.
As he unearthed the secrets Ben Roberts-Smith had thought he'd long ago buried, McKenzie had to deal with death threats, powerful forces intent on destroying his career and attempts to silence brave SAS soldiers, who had witnessed their famous comrade commit unspeakable acts. McKenzie would break the stories that proved the man idolised by the public, politicians, the media and leading business leaders was a myth.
His efforts would help deliver justice to Roberts-Smith's victims and their families.
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#True Crime
Journalism
Investigative Journalism
Nick McKenzie
Crossing the Line
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