Merriman, Andy

This book has many stories in which the importance of entertainment shines through.' -- Craig Brown Mail on Sunday 'Merriman's colourful book aims to rebalance attitudes to the association through anecdotal evidence, first-hand accounts from surviving participants and by sketching in the wider historical context. Ensa was a heroic enterprise even if it was often ramshackle in organisation and erratic in its execution. Then again so as everything else at the time. After all there was a war on.' -- Neil Norman Daily Express 'The story of how ENSA lifted the morale of our troops during the Second World War, often putting themselves in some danger, not least in the Far East.';