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by Lewis Page (Author), Harold Evans (Preface)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (5 April 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099484420
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099484424
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 29,351 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Independent on Sunday

I'ts very unlikely that anything this entertaining or important will be
written on military matters this year. It deserves to be a bestseller.


Sir Max Hastings, Daily Telegraph

Page writes with force and wit...I hope he soon gets the job he deserves,
as a defence correspondent in the national media. The MoD and chiefs of
staff might tremble in their boots about the consequences, but that is as
it should be. Page does a splendid job.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Informative and well written, 18 May 2006
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This review is from: Lions, Donkeys and Dinosaurs (Paperback)
To most of us defence expenditure is not the most exiting subject. Page gets around this by writing in an exiting, informative and often humorous manner. I have no reservations about recommending this book to anyone. Indeed, it is an essential read for anyone who worries how their tax is being spent. Thirty billion pounds a year is an awful lot of cash to be spending on rubbish kit.

After some checks - it seems factually correct to me. Indeed, I can't find the inconsistancies profered by his detractors and wonder about their motivations.
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Shocking, verifiable - and a page turner, 21 May 2006
This review is from: Lions, Donkeys and Dinosaurs (Paperback)
Really - I can't say enough about this book. Military and civilian friends alike have been equally taken with it, causing a spate of letter writing to MPs. Page gives the UK forces their very large due, but is merciless on inadequate and feather-bedding politicians, defense contractors, and senior officers. He also writes wonderfully.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Frightening but terribly plausible, 31 Dec 2006
This review is from: Lions, Donkeys and Dinosaurs (Paperback)
Lewis Page enumerates the various ways in which the defence budget is misused to keep the armed forces in their traditional, but now ineffective, roles, and keep BAE Systems in profit. I have no direct knowledge, unlike other reviewers here, but it correlates frighteningly well with messages I get from other sources. Basically, Page claims, with detailed working out, that we could get armed forces four or eight times as effective as those we have for the same money as we now spend, or even less. He has convinced me.

The book is extremely readable, even a page turner, and will be worth reading for those with interests either in the militarly or in complex systems.

To the reviewer who accuses him of getting his figures from tabloids: he states that they were drawn from military and MOD websites. Pleas prove him a liar, if ytou can.
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