National Service
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A groundbreaking look at life as a conscript during Britain's postwar National Service, as told by the men who served A fascinating account of life as a national serviceman between 1950 and 1963, based on the author's interviews with between 15 and 30 servicemen. Each chapter focuses on one or two interviewees who were called up in a specific year, and the intention is to find people from a broad range of backgrounds and regions who all came through one base. Through these voices, readers find out what life as a conscript was like, and how soldiers' attitudes changed as the war became more of a distant memory.
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Colin Shindler is an historian specializing in the 1950s, and author of several books.
