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The Peacetime Conscripts

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Charles Wheeler concludes his series about national service.
Best Years of Their Lives? This week, he chairs a special discussion asking whether national service really was the best of times, or if, with hindsight, it was just a costly and unwieldy way of propping up the armed forces at home and abroad. Producer David Prest. Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

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Charles Wheeler
Producer:
David Prest.
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