Graeme Kent is a prolific author published in more than twenty different countries. His books include The Strongest Men on Earth, The Great White and Olympic Follies. He is also author of the Sister Conchita series for Soho Crime. He has written for stage and screen, as well as for radio and many national newspapers and magazines. He served with the army in Korea, worked as a BBC producer and a consultant to Yorkshire Television, and was the headmaster of a primary school. For eight years he ran an educational broadcasting service in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. He has two grown-up children and lives with his wife Janet in Lincolnshire, England.
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Acknowledgements vii Introduction ix 1. The First Deserters 1 2. 'Let No One Spare a Soldier!' 13 3. Peace and Northumbria 25 4. Quick or Dead 31 5. 'Follow the Flagship!' 43 6. Vagrant Soldiers 55 7. Lost Leaders 69 8. 'A Torrent of Mutiny!' 83 9. 'The Glorious Emblem of Native Rights' 101 10. Snowbirds and Woodland 113 11. 'The Most Motley Collection' 127 12. Early Twentieth-Century Blues 143 13. One in Every Ten 151 14. 'Be Glad That You Are Here!' 169 15. 'My Desert is Waiting...' 175 16. 'I'll Never Forgive Hitler!' 191 17. 'They're Not Shooting Me for Deserting!' 203 18. The Lost Divisions 217 19. Stars of Stage, Screen and Glasshouse 229 20. 'For You the War is Over!' 245 21. 'Make Mine a Double!' 261 22. 'Untrustworthy and Incapable' 279 23. 'I Ain't Got No Quarrel With Them Viet Cong!' 293 24. 'Died Deluded' 303 25. Tipping Points 313 Select Bibliography 321 Index 327
Acknowledgements vii Introduction ix 1. The First Deserters 1 2. 'Let No One Spare a Soldier!' 13 3. Peace and Northumbria 25 4. Quick or Dead 31 5. 'Follow the Flagship!' 43 6. Vagrant Soldiers 55 7. Lost Leaders 69 8. 'A Torrent of Mutiny!' 83 9. 'The Glorious Emblem of Native Rights' 101 10. Snowbirds and Woodland 113 11. 'The Most Motley Collection' 127 12. Early Twentieth-Century Blues 143 13. One in Every Ten 151 14. 'Be Glad That You Are Here!' 169 15. 'My Desert is Waiting...' 175 16. 'I'll Never Forgive Hitler!' 191 17. 'They're Not Shooting Me for Deserting!' 203 18. The Lost Divisions 217 19. Stars of Stage, Screen and Glasshouse 229 20. 'For You the War is Over!' 245 21. 'Make Mine a Double!' 261 22. 'Untrustworthy and Incapable' 279 23. 'I Ain't Got No Quarrel With Them Viet Cong!' 293 24. 'Died Deluded' 303 25. Tipping Points 313 Select Bibliography 321 Index 327
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