After the Wall Came Down: Soldiering Through the Transformation of the British Army, 1990-2020 Richards Andrew
After the Wall Came Down: Soldiering Through the Transformation of the British Army, 1990-2020 Richards Andrew Covers the changing role of women in the army, racism in the army, and the lifting of…
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After the Wall Came Down: Soldiering Through the Transformation of the British Army, 1990-2020 Richards Andrew
Covers the changing role of women in the army, racism in the army, and the lifting of the ban on homosexuals in the army and the changing of attitudes since.The generation of young men and women who joined the British Army during the mid to late 1980s would serve their country during an unprecedented period of history. In fact, it was supposed to have been the end of war, a time of peace and stability. Unlike the two world war generations, they would never face total war - there was never any declaration of war and there was no one single country to defeat.
Government spending and the size of the military was reduced but Politicians started to use the term, Peace Dividend, with government officials even planning on how and where it should be spent.But for those in the military, the two decades following the end of the Cold War would not be a time of peace.