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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext From Benedict Arnold to Arnold Schwarzenegger, a fascinating history of those who have gone absent without leave. Zusammenfassung A unique and anecdote-filled history of desertion Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements viiIntroduction ix1. The First Deserters 12. 'Let No One Spare a Soldier!' 133. Peace and Northumbria 254. Quick or Dead 315. 'Follow the Flagship!' 436. Vagrant Soldiers 557. Lost Leaders 698. 'A Torrent of Mutiny!' 839. 'The Glorious Emblem of Native Rights' 10110. Snowbirds and Woodland 11311. 'The Most Motley Collection' 12712. Early Twentieth-Century Blues 14313. One in Every Ten 15114. 'Be Glad That You Are Here!' 16915. 'My Desert is Waiting...' 17516. 'I'll Never Forgive Hitler!' 19117. 'They're Not Shooting Me for Deserting!' 20318. The Lost Divisions 21719. Stars of Stage, Screen and Glasshouse 22920. 'For You the War is Over!' 24521. 'Make Mine a Double!' 26122. 'Untrustworthy and Incapable' 27923. 'I Ain't Got No Quarrel With Them Viet Cong!' 29324. 'Died Deluded' 30325. Tipping Points 313Select Bibliography 321Index 327
