It takes the average reader 7 hours and 1 minute to read British Military Service Tribunals, 1916–18 by James McDermott
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Military Service Tribunals were formed following the introduction of conscription in January 1916, to consider applications for exemption from military service. Swiftly, they gained two opposing yet equally unflattering reputations. In the eyes of the military, they were soft, obstructionist ‘old duffers’. To most of the men who came before them, they were the unfeeling civilian arm of a remorseless grinding machine. This work, utilising a rare surviving set of Tribunal records, challenges both perspectives. Wielding unprecedented power yet acutely sensitive to the contradictions inherent in their task, the Tribunals were obliged, often at a conveyer belt’s pace, to make decisions that often determined the fate of men. That some of these decisions were capricious or even wrong is indisputable; the sparse historiography of the Tribunals has too often focused upon the idiosyncratic example while ignoring the wider, impact of imprecise legislation, government hand-washing and short-term military exigencies.
British Military Service Tribunals, 1916–18 by James McDermott is 408 pages long, and a total of 105,264 words.
This makes it 138% the length of the average book. It also has 129% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 35 minutes to read British Military Service Tribunals, 1916–18 aloud.
British Military Service Tribunals, 1916–18 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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