LCol. Phil Halton - From Armour to Author
Team Ten Eight
English - May 13, 2023 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDocumentary Society & Culture Personal Journals law enforcement first responder public safety public health military veterans police fire ambulance paramedic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Lieutenant Colonel Phil Halton is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran who has served in Bosnia, Ethiopia, Denmark, Norway and Spain.
He holds an honours degree in military and strategic studies from the College Militaire Royal de St-Jean; a Masters degree in Defence Studies from the Royal Military College and a Master of Arts in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of Gloucestershire.
He has worked as a contract writer, screenwriter, novelist and has authored several books including “This Shall Be a House of Peace,” published in 2019, “Every Arm Outstretched,” published in 2020 and his first non-fiction work, “Blood Washing Blood: Afghanistan’s Hundred Year War” published to critical acclaim in 2021.
He was the co-founding editor of Blood & Bourbon, a Toronto-based literary journal, and is the founding publisher of Double Dagger Books, Canada’s only military and security-focused publisher.
On this episode, Phil joins us to discuss Canada’s longest war, including what we missed and why we failed, and his journey from armour, to author and artist.
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