Winner of the Templer Medal and the Wolfson History Prize
Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller
Richard 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.
| ISBN: | 9780141399805 |
| Publication date: | 2nd July 2015 |
| Author: | Richard Vinen |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 656 pages |
| Genres: |
Military history: post-WW2 conflicts Modern warfare Specific wars and campaigns Military institutions European history |
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.
National Service features in the following genres: Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Modern warfare, Specific wars and campaigns, Military institutions, European history
Paperback. £15.29, down from the £16.99 cover price. In Stock.
National Service was written by Richard Vinen and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
National Service has 656 pages
£15.29, reduced from £16.99. In Stock.