Matthew Grant

National service was a defining feature for a generation of young men in post-war Britain. Around 2.3 million of them were called up between the end of World War Two and 1963, when conscription ended. However, national service was forgotten almost before it had ended, a process aided subsequently by professional historians who have been reluctant to assess its longer-term influence on British social and political history. Based on original oral interviews with well over one hundred men, this book explores the ways in which compulsory military participation reverberated in the memories of interviewees long beyond the end of conscription, and how these early military experiences shaped their later life stores. Unlike existing accounts that tend to rely on memoirs written by officers, or else oral interviews that concentrate narrowly on the details of military service, this study focusses instead on men from working-class backgrounds and it situates national service in the context of the life course and the wider transformations that have occurred in British society since conscription ended. In so doing, the work shines new light on important areas of current scholarly interest and historiographical concern, including the changing meaning and experience of class, masculinity, and citizenship, as well as the complexities of popular memory.

Planet Slammer: EEP was a bounty hunter for the colony planets, but she knew too much, so the government framed her. Now a "criminal" herself, she's being sent to Planet Y, the prison planet, where every evil man, woman, and mutant she ever put away is waiting for her on this... PLANET SLAMMER After escaping the clutches of the evil Sea-King, EEP and her new friends, Ivy, the Nameless U-Warrior, and Captain Va'Leox, had fled into the caves below the surface of Planet Y. But it turns out that the Sea-King is a bigger threat than they had anticipated. Now it's up to them to battle for the future of the Planet that they reluctantly call home Don't miss this thrilling fourth installment of PLANET SLAMMER

Planet Slammer: EEP was a bounty hunter for the colony planets, but she knew too much, so the government framed her. Now a "criminal" herself, she's being sent to Planet Y, the prison planet, where every evil man, woman, and mutant she ever put away is waiting for her on this... PLANET SLAMMER When last we saw her, EEP and her new found friends, Ivy and the nameless U-Warrior, had defeated the Mutant Warlord and his vicious Skelliors. Using money stolen from the Warlord, Ivy hired Captain Va'Leox to take them to their freedom out at sea. But will the sea be any safer for our EEP and company? Probably not, but find out for sure in issue three of Planet Slammer More action More monsters More fun It's all here, so what are you waiting for? Dive in

EEP was a bounty hunter for the colony planets, but she knew too much, so the government framed her. Now a "criminal" herself, she's being sent to Planet Y, the prison planet, where every evil man, woman, and mutant she ever put away is waiting for her on this... PLANET SLAMMER In this second issue, Matthew Grant (aka mattchee) brings you this even more action-packed adventure filled with brain melting monsters, mutants, and unlikely foes... I mean friends Tasked with taking out the Mutant Warlord, EEP must first defeat his henchmen, the Skelliors Who knows what treachery awaits as EEP battles to find her place on this hostile planet