National service
Subtitle: from Aldershot to Aden : tales from the conscripts, 1946-62
By: Colin Shindler
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Windsor/Paragon
Publisher: AudioGo
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Bath]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781471303340; 9781471303357
Subjects: Draftees; Interviews; National service; History; Large type books; Armed Forces
Description: "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.
Notes: Standard print ed. originally published: London : Sphere, 2012.
Table of contents: title: Part one: The beginning, 1946-1951 (Keith Bolderson ; Ben Perry ; Robin Wright ; John Dixon ; Geoff Rock ; Dennis Warwick ; Stanley Price ; Joseph Strode ; Norman McCord); title: 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); title: Part three: The end, 1958-1962 (Stan Richards ; Mick Meredith ; Stuart Atkinson ; David Blackman ; Shaun O'Connor ; Mike Clark).