Harry's last stand
Subtitle: how the world my generation built is falling down, and what we can do to save it
By: Harry Leslie Smith
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Clipper -- LP3521
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781471296055
Subjects: Culture; Modern Civilization; Large type books; Livres en gros caractères; Large print books
Description: Harry Leslie Smith was born in 1923 in Barnsley. King George V was on the throne. Stanley Baldwin was Prime Minister. There was no NHS, no welfare state. Those who could afford to took care of themselves; those who couldn't, suffered. And then out of the rubble of the Second World War Harry's generation rebuilt the country. They wanted to build a better, fairer world for their children and grandchildren. And they succeeded. But now Harry sees history repeating - from NHS cutbacks to immigration policies and everything in between. 'Harry's Last Stand' is a searing modern polemic that shows, with the indisputable force of lived experience, why the past shouldn't stay buried, and the future is ours for the taking.
Notes: Standard format edition originally published: London: Icon, 2014.
Table of contents: title: A day in the life; title: Live to work; title: Everything old is new again; title: The green and pleasant land; title: Eventide.