The Best Years Of Their Lives (1986) By Trevor Royle
 
Today in an era of pared-down volunteer forces, National Service is something of a curiosity - a relic of the post-war era. However, to the millions who experienced their two-year period of conscription, it was a required rite of passage and a defining influence on their lives. This is the definitive history of that last period of conscription. It looks back at an era where young men entered into an experience that changed their lives irrevocably whether soldier, sailor or airman. Many fought wars in far off colonial outposts, such as Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus, while others learned skills and tades that they could build on once back in Civy Street. Whether positive or negative, the conscripts went in boys and came out men.
 
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
288 Pages
In Good Condition