The Left Handshake: The Boy Scout Movement During The War 1939-1945
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the shadow of the Second World War, few organisations demonstrated greater resilience and moral courage than the Boy Scout Movement — and The Left Handshake stands as the definitive record of that extraordinary chapter. Hilary St George Saunders chronicles how Scouts across occupied Europe and the far-flung theatres of war carried on their mission of service under unimaginable pressure, from Nazi-occupied territories where Scouting was banned outright to the bomb-scarred streets of Britain where young men and boys served as messengers, rescue workers, and first-aiders during the Blitz. Saunders, a distinguished historian and librarian of the House of Commons, brings his characteristic precision and narrative clarity to a story that is equal parts institutional history and human drama. Drawing on firsthand accounts and official records, he illuminates the remarkable intersection of idealism and resistance, revealing how the universal brotherhood forged by Baden-Powell's left-handed handshake — a symbol of trust and friendship — proved unbreakable even in the darkest years of the twentieth century. A vital and moving tribute to courage in its most unassuming form, this work will leave readers questioning how much of history's greatest stories remain quietly untold.
Author: Hilary St George Saunders
Format: Hardback
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the shadow of the Second World War, few organisations demonstrated greater resilience and moral courage than the Boy Scout Movement — and The Left Handshake stands as the definitive record of that extraordinary chapter. Hilary St George Saunders chronicles how Scouts across occupied Europe and the far-flung theatres of war carried on their mission of service under unimaginable pressure, from Nazi-occupied territories where Scouting was banned outright to the bomb-scarred streets of Britain where young men and boys served as messengers, rescue workers, and first-aiders during the Blitz. Saunders, a distinguished historian and librarian of the House of Commons, brings his characteristic precision and narrative clarity to a story that is equal parts institutional history and human drama. Drawing on firsthand accounts and official records, he illuminates the remarkable intersection of idealism and resistance, revealing how the universal brotherhood forged by Baden-Powell's left-handed handshake — a symbol of trust and friendship — proved unbreakable even in the darkest years of the twentieth century. A vital and moving tribute to courage in its most unassuming form, this work will leave readers questioning how much of history's greatest stories remain quietly untold.