JOHN LAFFIN - Tommy Atkins. The story of an English Soldier

London England, White Lion Publishers, 1977. 1st White Lion Edition, Binding: Card Cover, Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0727403060 Hardback Hardback. Tommy Atkins. Ex-library with ex-library markings. Slightly rolled spine. Slight shelf wear to top edge of D/J. Sunned spine to D/J. The story of the English soldier is an epic of incredible loyalty and devotion to duty; and of almost unbroken eventual success. Life was often made intolerable for him - yet again and again he cheerfully fought and won against appalling odds. Successive governments misused his talents and his loylalties - and he died without compalint to save them from their follies. His superiors often treated him with sickening brutality - and he repaid them with devotion, even affection. Poorly fed, poorly housed, woefully equipped, mercilessly worked, over-loaded and underpaid, this unique individualist continued to win battles and the unstinted respect - and even the friendship - of his foes, as well as his allies, all over the world. Illustrateed. 235 pp.