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Conscription in Britain 1939-1964 outlines the historical record of conscription from the fyrd of the Dark Ages through to Nelson's day and the First World War, but above all explores conscription during the Second World War and the National Service that continued in the decade afterwards.

Covering the major aspects of the topic, this book analyzes the strategic and political considerations that governed British military recruitment during this time, and sheds light on individual experiences in the services. Other chapters look at the demands made on services, the selection and training process of officers and men, and how discipline was imposed. The period following the Second World War is also investigated, considering the effects of twenty-four years of continuous conscription on the services themselves, as well as on women's rights, attitudes towards authority and patriotism, race issues, and the breakout of individualism in the 1960s.