White Knees Brown Knees: Suez Canal Zone 1951-1954, the Forgotten Years

FINDLAY, Douglas James [Sir Jock Kennedy & Acker Bilk introductions]

ISBN 10: 0905389018 / ISBN 13: 9780905389011

Edité par Discover press, 2003

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Study, with illustrations of Britain's military involvement in Suez after WW2. VG in VG dustjacket.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: White Knees Brown Knees: Suez Canal Zone 1951-1954, the Forgotten Years
• Éditeur: Discover press
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0905389018
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780905389011
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette

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Synopsis

When Doug Findlay signed on at the recruiting office in Edinburgh in 1951 he had ions of a local posting and wowing the ladies as one of the RAF s Brylcreem boys. Instead, he found himself combatting sandstorms, mosquitoes and murderous Egyptians who wanted Doug and his fellow Brits out of the Suez C Zone as much as they wanted to go home. White Knees Brown Knees, his account of a lowly erk s part in defending the C, is guaranteed to raise many a smile, especially from anyone who ever buffed a barrackroom or billet floor. But the book also has a serious side. Its Roll of Honour records a death toll of over 1,100 and shows why the Government had to do a u-turn and award the medal Suez veterans should have had half a century ago.