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'The Flaming Bullet' attempts to determine all root causes of the
disturbances manifest across England in August 2011. It compares
recent findings with past riots and their associated motivations.
Added to this, it explores racial prejudice, social injustice,
civil liberties and taboos pertaining to British society in
general. This book is a well-researched example of how hard life is
at grass roots level for many impoverished families within modern
Britain. It examines the prominent growth of gang culture and lack
of role models for our youth emanating from disadvantaged families
within our urban sprawls. Moreover, it underlines the importance of
having positive role models in all spheres of life for our youth to
aspire to. The decline in stable family life, lack of respect and
apparent absence of shame within many of society's prominent
figures in the political, economic, sporting, celebrity, artistic
and and institutional world have set a dismal example for our
disillusioned youth. The riots stemmed from a growing culture of
entitlement and corresponding lack of opportunity for many who
seemingly have no voice. The book acknowledges the pain of the
victims who had their businesses and homes destroyed by the looters
wanton destruction. Furthermore, this book encapsulates the need
for more openness within our criminal justice system and purports
to a fairer world where the greed of corporate bankers, politicians
and leaders is replaced by transparency, help for the poor, freedom
of expression and a more liberated society.
'The Flaming Bullet' attempts to determine all root causes of the
disturbances manifest across England in August 2011. It compares
recent findings with past riots and their associated motivations.
Added to this, it explores racial prejudice, social injustice,
civil liberties and taboos pertaining to British society in
general. This book is a well-researched example of how hard life is
at grass roots level for many impoverished families within modern
Britain. It examines the prominent growth of gang culture and lack
of role models for our youth emanating from disadvantaged families
within our urban sprawls. Moreover, it underlines the importance of
having positive role models in all spheres of life for our youth to
aspire to. The decline in stable family life, lack of respect and
apparent absence of shame within many of society's prominent
figures in the political, economic, sporting, celebrity, artistic
and and institutional world have set a dismal example for our
disillusioned youth. The riots stemmed from a growing culture of
entitlement and corresponding lack of opportunity for many who
seemingly have no voice. The book acknowledges the pain of the
victims who had their businesses and homes destroyed by the looters
wanton destruction. Furthermore, this book encapsulates the need
for more openness within our criminal justice system and purports
to a fairer world where the greed of corporate bankers, politicians
and leaders is replaced by transparency, help for the poor, freedom
of expression and a more liberated society.
Tony Chapman was born in Southampton in 1924. Aged 16 he watched
with horror as the historic High Street of Southampton burnt to the
ground in a firestorm caused by a heavy German bombing raid on the
night of 30 November 1940. He vowed to join up and fight back. Tony
joined the Navy. Within hours of being posted to his first Motor
Gun Boat, Telegraphist Tony Chapman was involved in an epic Coastal
Forces engagement when his flotilla took on a force of thirty
E-boats. Although their unit of two MGBs sank three E-Boats, it was
at a high cost. Half of Tonys shipmates were killed or injured.
This was the start of an eventful and dramatic wartime service with
these little warships. Tonys flotilla operated in the Mediterranean
and Aegean where the Motor Gun Boats played a key role in this
important but often neglected theatre. Daily life on these small
ships is vividly described. The flotilla had a busy time showing
the flag in the Levant and on combined operations in the Aegean
with the Greek Sacred Regiment of Commandos. The culmination of
their efforts was when Tonys boat, ML838, took the surrender of the
Island of Kos in 1945. Written from the perspective of one of the
other ranks, War of the Motor Gun Boats fills an important gap in
the literature of the Second World War.
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