Buy this book on-line BUCKTON, HENRY: : POLITICIANS AT WAR: Post-war Members of Parliament recall their war-time military serviceUK.BARNSLEY,S. YORKS.LEO COOPER/PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD.,2003 ISBN 0850529077.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, montage'd monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with orange+white lettering to front and spine,black lettering to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-280pp [paginated] includes author's introduction,Parts One to Eight, 16pp contemporary autobiographical b/w portrait photographs in 1 block,between pp120/21,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half- title+title pages,contents list/table,and an MPs'featured list/table.
Not all that long ago,in common with the rest of the population,the majority of Members of Parliament had at one time or another worn the service uniforms.Today the situation is very different indeed and the lack of military experience among our law-makers and opinion-formers is all too often apparent - and not necessarily beneficially.
What is not in doubt is that service in the Armed Forces,particularly in wartime, has a long lasting,even life-long, influence on the individual concerned.The memories of training,comradeship,fear, discipline,hardship and,yes,humour are enduring.The war generation now is inevitably and sadly diminishing and Henry Buckton has set out to record the prominent politician's experiences and impressions.
The result is both refreshing and fascinating.Determined to cast the net widely,he has gathered accounts of those from right across the political divide and from all three services covering very varied theatres.By nature,politicians tend to be articulate and,as a result,they tell their stories fluently yet with welcome and,dare it be said,surprising humility.A number of those who share their exploits and feelings with the reader are household names including prime ministers (Heath and Callaghan) and very senior figures (Jenkins and Healey),while others will be less familiar.But all have superb stories to tell which will certainly interest and often surprise the reader.
'Politician's At War' is a forceful reminder that,when nations fight each other,citizens of all classes and political views get caught up and,if they survive,their lives are changed for ever. It is a humbling reminder that whatever may have happened in the House of Commons, these men once risked their lives in a common cause and we have every reason to be thankful to them and their comrades.
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