by Christopher Somerville (Author)
Christopher Somerville skillfully links the voices, guiding them into covering such topics as racial prejudice, attitudes to Britain before and after the war, why Commonwealth citizens even volunteered and the inevitable disillusionment by 1945. The result is a rare and faithful memoir to the five million Commonwealth citizens who fought for the Allies and the 170,000 who died or went missing.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Edition: UNKNOWN
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 09 Jun 2005
ISBN 10: 0304367176
ISBN 13: 9780304367177
Book Overview: Author's grandfather was Admiral Sir James Somerville and his father served as a destroyer in the RN Oral history is a popular genre - in the tradiction of Max Arthur's bestselling FORGOTTEN VOICES Published to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II