The Best Years of Their Lives: The National Service Experience 1945-1963 - Softcover
Presents the memories and experiences of some of the two million 18-year-olds who were conscripted between 1945 and 1963. The author examines both good times and bad of those who were forced to oversee the dismantling of an empire and to garrison West Germany at the start of the Cold War. They served at home or abroad in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East, while many saw action in Korea and Malaya.
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Trevor Royle is Associate Editor of the "Sunday Herald" and a regular commentator on international affairs for BBC radio. He is the author of "Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856."
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- PublisherJohn Murray Pubs Ltd
- ISBN 10 0719556880
- ISBN 13 9780719556883
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