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National Service: From Aldershot to Aden: Tales from the Conscripts, 1946-62
Colin Shindler
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Description for National Service: From Aldershot to Aden: Tales from the Conscripts, 1946-62
Paperback. A groundbreaking look at life as a conscript during Britain's postwar National Service, as told by the men who served. Published to tie in with the 50th anniversary of the end of conscription. Num Pages: 352 pages, Section: 8, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 246.
Permission to speak, Sah! In the aftermath of the Second World War, over two million men were conscripted to serve in Britain's armed services. Some were sent abroad and watched their friends die in combat. Others remained in barracks and painted coal white. But despite delivering such varied experiences, National Service helped to shape the outlook of an entire generation of young British males. Historian Dr Colin Shindler has interviewed a wide range of ex-conscripts, from all backgrounds, across all ranks, and spanning the entire fourteen years that peacetime conscription lasted, and captured their ... Read more
Permission to speak, Sah! In the aftermath of the Second World War, over two million men were conscripted to serve in Britain's armed services. Some were sent abroad and watched their friends die in combat. Others remained in barracks and painted coal white. But despite delivering such varied experiences, National Service helped to shape the outlook of an entire generation of young British males. Historian Dr Colin Shindler has interviewed a wide range of ex-conscripts, from all backgrounds, across all ranks, and spanning the entire fourteen years that peacetime conscription lasted, and captured their ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751546200
SKU
V9780751546200
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Ref
99-50
About Colin Shindler
Colin Shindler is an author, broadcaster and Affiliated Lecturer in History at Cambridge University. For twenty years he was a Bafta award winning television writer and producer being responsible for the series Lovejoy and the motion picture Buster starring Phil Collins and Julie Walters for which he wrote the screenplay. In recent ... Read more
Reviews for National Service: From Aldershot to Aden: Tales from the Conscripts, 1946-62
The book bears witness to the sheer variety, cussedness, and inventiveness of humanity during the Cold War years
Denis Judd
BBC History Magazine
Denis Judd
BBC History Magazine