TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nairne,Patrick
AU  - Nairne,Sandy
AU  - Hennessy,Peter John
TI  - The coincidence of Novembers: writings from a life of public service by Sir Patrick Nairne 
SN  - 9781783528301
U1  - 920 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Unbound
KW  - Nairne, Patrick
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1945-
N1  - Foreword by Peter Hennessy; The sin of pride, Oxford University sermon, November 1989 -- I. Family and school : 1921-1939 -- The beginning : Hordle house -- The colonel's tale -- The end of the thirties - a Radley rite of passage -- II. World War Two : 1940-1945 -- Novembers - 1940 : into the army and 1942 : El Alamein -- Christmas day in the desert, 1942 -- Sferro hills, July 1943 -- Novembers - 1944 : the night we crossed the canal -- III. After the war : 1945-1967 -- Post-war diaries : 1945 and 1946 -- Novembers - 1946 and 1947 : Oxford -- Oxford interlude -- Novembers - 1947, 1949, 1953, 1956 -- Admiralty work in the late 1950s - diary extracts -- Novembers - 1959-1966 : with the First Lord and Secretary of State -- IV. Civil and public service : 1967-1981 -- Resources for defence, 1973 -- Novembers - the 1970s -- Reflections on retiring, 1981 -- An unplanned career -- A Christian in the public service -- V. St Catherine's, the Falklands and Hong Kong : 1981-1988 -- Novembers - 1981 : St Catherine's College, Oxford -- Franks and the Falklands, 1982 -- Novembers - 1984 : Hong Kong -- A monitor in Hong Kong, 1984 -- VI. Reflections : 1988-2013 -- Novembers - 1988 : Yew Tree -- The National Health Service : reflections on a changing service, 1988 -- Potential use of referendums, 1996 -- Handwriting for life, 1997 -- James-Jan : a triumph of courage, 1996/2006 -- One week in autumn, 1998 -- The perfect pastime of painting, 2002
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