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Lions, Donkeys And Dinosaurs Lewis Page

Lions, Donkeys And Dinosaurs By Lewis Page

Lions, Donkeys And Dinosaurs by Lewis Page


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Summary

In this irreverent and provocative book, Lewis Page exposes the scandalous state of our armed forces: how British soldiers are sent off to war with some of the worst guns around, how the MOD keeps financing useless toys (at huge expense to taxpayers), and how decisions seem to be made with an eye, above all, for the interests of British Aerospace.

Lions, Donkeys And Dinosaurs Summary

Lions, Donkeys And Dinosaurs: Waste and Blundering in the Military by Lewis Page

In this irreverent and provocative book, Lewis Page exposes the scandalous state of our armed forces: how British soldiers are sent off to war with some of the worst guns around, how the MOD keeps financing useless toys (at huge expense to taxpayers), and how decisions seem to be made with an eye, above all, for the interests of British Aerospace. He shows how politicians and the top brass are hopelessly entrenched in yesterday's wars and pouring their talents and energies into making sure that money is wasted right, left and centre.

Lions, Donkeys And Dinosaurs Reviews

He... writes with force and wit...Page's book deserves attention... Offers a guide to the armed forces and their problems which anybody who cares about them should read... Page does a splendid job of sharpening axes. -- Max Hastings * Sunday Telegraph *
'Lions, Donkeys and Dinosaurs is a Fast Food Nation for the armed forces... It is very unlikely that anything this entertaining or important will be written on military matters this year. It deserves to be a bestseller, and perhaps it will be if red-faced civil servants are sent out to buy up every copy before the public can get their hands on it.' * Independent *
'Devastating... In my own recent book on modern follies I suggested that defence procurement policy was so corrupt...that only a satirist could do it justice. Page is that satirst.' -- Francis Wheen * Daily Express *
It's very unlikely that anything this entertaining or important will be written on military matters this year. It deserves to be a bestseller * Independent on Sunday *
Page writes with force and wit...I hope he soon gets the job he deserves, as a defence correspondent in the national media. The MoD and chiefs of staff might tremble in their boots about the consequences, but that is as it should be. Page does a splendid job -- Sir Max Hastings * Sunday Telegraph *

About Lewis Page

Lewis Page began his military career as a reservist pilot in the Cambridge University Air Squadron and ended up in the Navy, where he became a mine clearance diver. After eight years at sea, mostly in very bad weather, he was put in charge of the Plymouth diving and bomb disposal team and trawled the British coastline from Swanage to Liverpool neutralizing 'improvised Explosive Devices' and searching for unexploded ordnance. As such, he is one of the few in the British forces to have actually seen and dealt with 'Weapons of Mass Destruction', although irritatingly these were of British manufacture. During a dull period in the navy he qualified as a commando. He resigned from the Service in 2004 and now lives in London.

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GOR001294181
9780099484424
0099484420
Lions, Donkeys And Dinosaurs: Waste and Blundering in the Military by Lewis Page
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Cornerstone
20070405
400
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