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Index
Cover
Title Page
Contents
About the Author
Dedication
Preface to the paperback edition
Abbreviations
A Personal Preface
List of Maps and List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1: Definitions, Facts and Uncertainties
2: National Service Writing
3: The Politics of Conscription, 1945–1949
4: The Experience of Conscription, 1945–1949
5: Boys: National Servicemen before Call-up
6: Call-up
7: Basic Training
8: Making Men
9: Officers
10: Other Ranks
11: The Queen’s Hard Bargains
12: Korea
13: Imperial Emergencies
14: Suez
15: Ending National Service
16: A Cold-blooded View
Illustrations
Appendices
Appendix I. The Demography of National Service
Appendix II. Ranks in the British Armed Forces
Appendix III. Deaths in the British Armed Forces, 1948–1960
Appendix IV. British Male Soldiers by Arm/Corps and Location, 1954
Appendix V. Men Registered for National Service, 1948–1960
Appendix VI. Failure Rates in National Service Medicals
Appendix VII. Percentage of Men, Registered for National Service, Posted to Forces, by Year of Birth
Appendix VIII. Intakes to Army Basic Training Units, 1949–60
Appendix IX. Intakes to Army Basic Training Units by Arm/Corps, 1954
Appendix X. Some Statistics About National Service Officer Selection in the Army, 1950–1954
Bibliography
Notes
Acknowledgements
Follow Penguin
Copyright Page
Footnotes
1: Definitions, Facts and Uncertainties
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5: Boys: National Servicemen before Call-up
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6: Call-up
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8: Making Men
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13: Imperial Emergencies
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15: Ending National Service
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