Entry Text: | POOLMAN, Kenneth. Experiences of War: The British Sailor. vii, 180p., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour, 1989. ISBN: 085368992X. Over seventy tales from diaries, letters and interviews are used to try and describe what it was like to be a common sailor. A huge range of material is deployed and linked with skill. Republished in paperback in 2000 by Cassell for Past Times and entitled Anchors Aweigh! Recollections of World War II Sailors (ISBN: 0304356328). |
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