A Wasted Land

Started off talking about a war in January 1981 in England. Its not clear if the person who is talking is a female or a male. It states that the war started when he or she was ten and ended when he or she was twenty-one. They lived in Bindura, and celebrated all the major American holidays. So the person who is talking is a boy named Bernard. The story showed how the wars back then meant hardships and death to those who wanted independence.