Colin Shindler
National Service
- ISBN 13:
- 9780751546200
- author:
- Colin Shindler
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Sphere
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 12.7 x 2.29 x 19.81 centimetres
- Genre:
- History
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Over two million men were conscripted to serve in Britain's armed services after the Second World War. Their experiences varied greatly, from serving abroad and witnessing combat, to remaining in barracks with little activity.
Historian Dr Colin Shindler has collected the memories of ex-conscripts through interviews, capturing their stories and experiences during the fourteen years of peacetime conscription. These conversations reveal not only the changing attitudes of servicemen as war became a distant memory but also the varied nature of their experiences.
The stories within these pages are fascinating and provide insight into the changing face of British society across pivotal years, including the coronation of Elizabeth II, the birth of rock 'n' roll, and the beginning of the end of the Empire. They deserve to be told before they are lost forever.
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