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Conscription and the Attlee governments : the politics and policy of national service, 1945-1951
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, L. V., Author.
- Series:
- Oxford historical monographs.
- Oxford historical monographs Conscription and the Attlee governments
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labour Party (Great Britain).
- Draft--History--20th century--Great Britain.
- Draft.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-1964.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 304 p.).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Conscription and the Attlee Governments: The Politics and Policy of National Service 1945-1951. Oxford Historical Monographs
- Conscription and the Attlee governments
- Oxford historical monographs
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a study of the years immediately following World War II, when for the first time in Britain peacetime conscription was practised. The author examines the military thinking behind conscription, showing how the 1947 National Service Act was regarded by the military as deficient and expensive.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786610767045
- 1-280-76704-9
- OCLC:
- 1027156070
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