Harry's last stand : how the world my generation built is falling down, and what we can do to save it / Harry Leslie Smith.
"In November 2013, 91-year-old Yorkshireman, RAF veteran and ex-carpet salesman Harry Leslie Smith’s Guardian article – ‘This year, I will wear a poppy for the last time’ – was shared over 80,000 times on Facebook and started a huge debate about the state of society. Now he brings his unique perspective to bear on NHS cutbacks, benefits policy, political corruption, food poverty, the cost of education – and much more. From the deprivation of 1930s Barnsley and the terror of war to the creation of our welfare state, Harry has experienced how a great civilisation can rise from the rubble. But at the end of his life, he fears how easily it is being eroded. Harry’s Last Stand is a lyrical, searing modern invective that shows what the past can teach us, and how the future is ours for the taking."-- Publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781848317369 (paperback)
- Physical Description: xix, 202 pages ; 20 cm
- Publisher: London : Icon Books, 2014.
- Copyright: ©2014.
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