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An Agony Continued: The British Army in Northern Ireland 1980-83

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9781910294390

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'The Northern Ireland conflict was worse, far worse, in terms of British military deaths, than Afghanistan and Iraq. Ken Wharton's book recalls memories - of the Hude Park massacre, which I wel remember, because a neighbour of ours, a fireman, was one of the first on the scene to help deal with the carnage. This is an important contribution to the literature on the conflict, but sometimes it makes for difficult reading.' * Books Monthly 17/02/2016 *

‘The Northern Ireland conflict was worse, far worse, in terms of British military deaths, than Afghanistan and Iraq. Ken Wharton's book recalls memories - of the Hude Park massacre, which I wel remember, because a neighbour of ours, a fireman, was one of the first on the scene to help deal with the carnage. This is an important contribution to the literature on the conflict, but sometimes it makes for difficult reading.’ * Books Monthly 17/02/2016 *

`The Northern Ireland conflict was worse, far worse, in terms of British military deaths, than Afghanistan and Iraq. Ken Wharton's book recalls memories - of the Hude Park massacre, which I wel remember, because a neighbour of ours, a fireman, was one of the first on the scene to help deal with the carnage. This is an important contribution to the literature on the conflict, but sometimes it makes for difficult reading.' * Books Monthly 17/02/2016 *

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Ken Wharton is in his mid-60s but retains a youthful, though deeply knowledgeable and experienced view of the Northern Ireland troubles. It was said by one military historian that: ‘… nobody does Northern Ireland quite like Ken Wharton.’ Living on Australia’s sun-kissed Gold Coast, he divides his time between there and his native UK. He returns to Britain as often as he can and still makes an annual pilgrimage to Ulster to lay his own ghosts and to remember the fallen of Britain’s forgotten war. A former football referee in the tough West Yorkshire League and with 500 skydives under his belt, he retains a young man’s view of the world, whilst at the same time, retaining his grip on reality.

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