Richard Vinen

Broschiertes Buch

National Service

A Generation in Uniform 1945-1963

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Richard Vinen is Professor of History at King's College, London and the author of a number of major books. He won the Wolfson Prize for History for National Service (2014).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 127mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9780141399805
• ISBN-10: 0141399805
• Artikelnr.: 42423498

Rezensionen

Vinen's clever and careful book is surely the definitive history. The era of national service now seems like ancient history, but from the routines of the parade ground to the horrors of Korea, Vinen restores it to life with a searching eye for detail and impressive human sympathy Dominic Sandbrook Sunday Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR