The Mint

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The "most honest" of Lawrence's works - Rated
This was written by ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ and concerns the period after the First World War when he decided to disappear from public view and signed on with the RAF anonymously under an assumed name and became Aircraftsman Ross. His time at the depot lasted from August to December 1922.

He recounts the harassing experience of boot camp and military life, with a few gems of human insight and reflection. As an accurate and honest record of his life as lived in the pre-World War Two RAF it is highly illuminating. Miltary history and Lawrence fans will particularly value this book as it provides an important source of knowledge of life at the bottom of the military pile, and also of material on one the century's most fascinating people.

This has been called the "most honest" of Lawrence's works, and much of the telling is necessarily brutal. A definite must-read for Lawrence aficionados.

A frank slice of military history. - Rated
This is a journal of life (in particular recruitment into) the British Royal Air Force in 1922. The title refers the author's feeling that recruits were stamped into shape. A must for military historians, but also of great general interest. However; be warned- the language is brutally frank (which makes it all very credible). The ordinary ratings used an entirely different vocabulary to that of the officers.