他是伦敦皇家战争博物馆里的一位口述历史方面的专家，而他的这本书通过第一手证词获取了丰富的材料，同他之前写下或与人合著的那些一样。

He is a specialist in oral history at London's Imperial War Museum, and this book, like others he has written or co-written, gains richness and texture from the use of first-hand testimony.

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慈善组织英国皇家退伍军人协会(Royal British Legion)指出，AFCS只是旧的战争补助计划被妥善取代之前的权宜之计。

The Royal British Legion, an armed-forces charity, points out that the AFCS was only meant to be a stopgap until the old War Pensions Scheme could be properly replaced.

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在他的主政下，军事力量被削弱，以致于当利比亚爆发战争时，皇家海军竟然不能派遣一艘轮休战船在英国海岸巡视。

The military clout at his disposal is so emasculated that, during the recent conflict in Libya, the Royal Navy could not muster one spare warship to patrol the coastline of Britain.

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