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100 1 $aShindler, Colin,$d1949-
245 10 $aNational service :$bfrom Aldershot to Aden : tales from the conscripts, 1946-62 /$cColin Shindler.
250 $aLarge print ed.
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300 $axix, 328 pages (large print) ;$c25 cm.
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500 $aStandard print ed. originally published: London : Sphere, 2012.
505 0 $aPart one: The beginning, 1946-1951 (Keith Bolderson ; Ben Perry ; Robin Wright ; John Dixon ; Geoff Rock ; Dennis Warwick ; Stanley Price ; Joseph Strode ; Norman McCord) -- Part two: The middle, 1952-1957 (George Penny ; Bernard Reynolds ; Ian Rees ; Geoff Bennett ; George Johnson ; Julian Mitchell ; Joe Trotter ; Hugh Hudson ; John Snoad ; Harold Rhodes ; Nicolas Hawkes ; Brian Sayer) -- Part three: The end, 1958-1962 (Stan Richards ; Mick Meredith ; Stuart Atkinson ; David Blackman ; Shaun O'Connor ; Mike Clark).
520 $a"In the aftermath of the Second World War, over two million men were conscripted to serve in Britain's armed services. Delivering very varied experiences, National Service helped to shape the outlook of an entire generation of young British males. To mark the 50th anniversary of the end of National Service, historian Dr Colin Shindler has interviewed a range of ex-conscripts, across all ranks, spanning the fourteen years that conscription lasted, and captured their memories. From them, we experience the tension of a postwar Berlin surrounded by Russians, the exotic heat and colour of Tripoli in 1948, the intense flashpoint of the Suez Crisis, and the fear of the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya. And, from the other end of the scale, the conscripts who didn't make it outside the confines of their barracks, or in one case, beyond his home town. The stories within these pages are fascinating, showing the changing face of British society across these pivotal years. They deserve to be told before they are lost forever."--Back cover.
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