Called Up Sent Down: The Bevin Boys' War by Tom Hickman

Called Up Sent Down: The Bevin Boys' War

Tom Hickman

256 pages first pub 2008 (view editions)

nonfiction history emotional medium-paced
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At the outbreak of war, the government short-sightedly allowed thousands of miners to enlist in the armed services. By 1943 the war effort was in danger of grinding to a halt because of a lack of coal. In answer, Minister of Labour Ernest Bevin so...

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