... in this demanding new environment. The balance of payment crisis raised a number of important questions about the National Service scheme, including how many men would be conscripted in a given year and on what basis exemptions from service would be granted. It was apparent by the end of July 1947 when Cabinet...

...Labour lost the general election of October 1951. The new Churchill administration pursued policies in foreign and defence affairs that in the main followed from, and were based on the same assumptions as those of the Atlee governments. The essentials of the National Service scheme remained...