Authors: Paddy Ashdown
PADDY ASHDOWN was the founding leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 until 1999. From 2002 to 2006 he served as the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. His previous books include two volumes of
The Ashdown Diaries
, which covered his years as party leader, and
Swords and Ploughshares: Building Peace in the
21st Century
. He lives in the Somerset village of Norton-sub-Hamdon near Yeovil, the constituency he represented between 1983 and 2001, and currently sits in the House of Lords.
‘Ashdown’s was not a classic political life – soldier, spy, politician, Bosnian hero. The book offers a terrific guide to battlecraft, from how to deter jungle leeches to the importance of homebrew in wooing the Lib Dem activists’
Observer
First published 2009 by Aurum Press Ltd
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This e-book edition first published in 2010 by Aurum Press
Copyright © Paddy & Jane Ashdown Partnership 2009
Paddy Ashdown has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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Unless otherwise credited all photographs are from the author’s personal collection.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 978 1 84513 522 5
E-BOOK ISBN: 978 1 84513 647 5
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