For a Shilling a Day - Softcover

Rhodes, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904408648 ISBN 13: 9781904408642

Publisher: Bank House Books, 2010

Synopsis

'We can get you buggers for a shilling a day, but the horses cost eighty quid each.' Knee-deep in mud and slush, covered in boils and lice, this was what his sergeant-major told one of the interviewees in this extraordinary and moving series of accounts of lives lived in the service of king, queen and country. We all know the history - that agreed-upon and celebrated official fiction. Here instead are the reports of those who were actually there at the sharp end. Here is the unvarnished reality. As author Peter Rhodes says, 'Journalism is the first draft of history, and usually has a shorter shelf-life than a loaf of bread.' These stories have appeared in newspaper articles, but they are collected and preserved here so that they can inform and expand our consciousness and understanding of the realities of war.

About this title

From the Author

I hope potential purchasers will pay more attention to the first two reviews of FOR A SHILLING A DAY than to the third, submitted by Book Reader. A book review is intended to be a critical assessment of the work, not a moan about the condition in which it arrives.

About the Author

Professor Robin Fincham is Professor of Organizational Behaviour in the department of Management and Organization at Stirling University Peter Rhodes is a management consultant working for OTL Management Consultancy

Edition details

• Publisher: Bank House Books
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904408648
• ISBN 13: 9781904408642
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 188