NATIONAL SERVICE by Richard Vinen ( 9780141399805 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

NATIONAL SERVICE
A GENERATION IN UNIFORM 1945-1963

By:

Richard Vinen

Format:

Paperback

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0141399805

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Publisher:

PENGUIN BOOKS LTD

Pub. date:

2 July, 2015

Pages:

640

Description:

Winner of the Templer Medal and the Wolfson History Prize, this book attempt to get to grips with the reality of that extraordinary institution, which now seems as remote as the British Empire itself.

Synopsis:

Winner of the Templer Medal and the Wolfson History PrizeSunday Times Top 10 BestsellerRichard Vinen's National Service is a serious - if often very entertaining - attempt to get to grips with the reality of that extraordinary institution, which now seems as remote as the British Empire itself. With great sympathy and curiosity, Vinen unpicks the myths of the two 'gap years', which all British men who came of age between 1945 and the early 1960s had to fill with National Service. This book is fascinating to those who endured or even enjoyed their time in uniform, but also to anyone wishing to understand the unique nature of post-war Britain.

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