On the Run
eBook - ePub

On the Run

Deserters Through the Ages

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

On the Run

Deserters Through the Ages

About this book

There have been many books written about valour in battle. This is not one of them. On the contrary, On the Run deals entirely with those men and women who have departed from life in the armed forces. For as long as there have been wars there have been those who have fled from the cannon's roar. In this fascinating and unique history of deserters and desertion, Graeme Kent scours the annals of warfare to find those who, for a multitude of often complex reasons, have gone absent without leave. Among their number are poets and pugilists, thieves and thugs, lovers and lunatics, princes and politicians, comedians and conspirators, film stars and fanatics, and even a pope, all brought together by the simple fact that at one time or another they went on the run. Covering thousands of years and spanning the globe, this compelling book presents an extraordinary anecdotal history of perhaps the most controversial and emotive subject in war.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. CONTENTS
  4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. 1: THE FIRST DESERTERS
  7. 2: ‘LET NO ONE SPARE A SOLDIER!’
  8. 3: PEACE AND NORTHUMBRIA
  9. 4: QUICK OR DEAD
  10. 5: ‘FOLLOW THE FLAGSHIP!’
  11. 6: VAGRANT SOLDIERS
  12. 7: LOST LEADERS
  13. 8: ‘A TORRENT OF MUTINY!’
  14. 9: ‘THE GLORIOUS EMBLEM OF NATIVE RIGHTS’
  15. 10: SNOWBIRDS AND WOODLAND
  16. 11: ‘THE MOST MOTLEY COLLECTION’
  17. 12: EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY BLUES
  18. 13: ONE IN EVERY TEN
  19. 14: ‘BE GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE!’
  20. 15: ‘MY DESERT IS WAITING…’
  21. 16: ‘I’LL NEVER FORGIVE HITLER!’
  22. 17: ‘THEY’RE NOT SHOOTING ME FOR DESERTING!’
  23. 18: THE LOST DIVISIONS
  24. 19: STARS OF STAGE, SCREEN AND GLASSHOUSE
  25. 20: ‘FOR YOU THE WAR IS OVER!’
  26. 21: ‘MAKE MINE A DOUBLE!’
  27. 22: ‘UNTRUSTWORTHY AND INCAPABLE’
  28. 23: ‘I AIN’T GOT NO QUARREL WITH THEM VIET CONG!’
  29. 24: ‘DIED DELUDED’
  30. 25: TIPPING POINTS
  31. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  32. INDEX
  33. Also available from The Robson Press
  34. Copyright