Wasted Years, Wasted Lives Volume 1: The British Army in Northern Ireland 1975-77

by Ken Wharton

Overview

The first volume in this two-part oral history brings to life the experiences of British Army soldiers during the Troubles in the mid 1970s.

British Army veteran Ken Wharton has written extensively on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland, shedding light on the experiences and sacrifices of British military and police. Though often overlooked by historians, many of these committed soldiers and peacekeepers lost their lives in the fighting.

Combining his own personal experience with meticulous research and firsthand testimonies from fellow soldiers, Wharton takes reders into the dangerous streets of the Ardoyne and New Lodge, of Andersonstown, Turf Lodge and Ballymurphy, and of the Creggan in Londonderry and the Derrybeg in Newry. He is equally candid and critical of the Loyalist paramilitaries and the Republicans, as well as the Irish-Americans and their political stooges in the US Government.

This book is for anyone who wishes to look back and try to understand the madness inflicted upon several generations of innocent Irish and British people.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781910294215
Publisher:	Helion & Company Ltd.
Publication date:	05/20/2022
Series:	Wasted Years, Wasted Lives Volume 1 , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	428
File size:	50 MB
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About the Author

Ken Wharton is 59 and is resident now in Australia with his partner Helen. Father of seven and grandfather to three with a fourth pending, he is a skydiver and former football referee. He is also a former soldier and now author of three oral histories on the Northern Ireland troubles. He writes from the perspective of the British soldier as he seeks to put across their story of a conflict, largely forgotten by both Government and public, which claimed the lives of around 1300 military lives. / He has only been writing since 2007 but is planning a further oral history of the troubles, a book on the Australians in Vietnam and a childrens' science fiction book over the next year or two. / There is a clamour from veterans of the Northern Ireland conflict to tell their story and ensure that the truth comes out and in Ken Wharton they have found a conduit for those stories and a man they can trust to ensure that the truth is finally told about the conflict which raged not only a short 30 minute flight from home but also on our own doorsteps.