"We are ships in full sail!"(The background to the 'drama' of 1988 . "Ci Sono barbari," "What is to be Done-The Sequel")

 Why did I step down in August 1988?

I decided that I was "not going to study war no more".

I had not been paid my wages (£10 per week for volunteers on active service).

I had parted company with my family.

I had developed blood-cancer (leukaemia, Blutkrebs).

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I nominated Mitchell Mc Laughlin to take my place as Director of Operations (Northern Command).