LAUGHTER IS THE BEST WEAPON (HB)

For Brigadier Charles Ritchie, postings to the Yemen, Northern Ireland, Bosnia and other far-away trouble spots gave him many opportunities to demonstrate that the ability to laugh - and make others laugh - is an invaluable skill in an officer's kitbag. In this remarkable book, delivered to his publisher two days before his tragic death in 2021, he take us on a forthright yet light-hearted and self-deprecating journey through his 38 years' service as a Royal Scot. Liberally sprinkled with career-limiting cock-ups, bizarre near-death experiences and the clatter not of gunfire but shameless name-dropping, these delightfully varied anecdotes deliver a hugely entertaining glimpse into the extraordinary life of one of the British Army's most spirited and loveable characters.