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Paddy Ashdown

Born

in New Delhi, India

February 27, 1941

Died

December 20, 2018

Website

http://www.libdems.org.uk/paddy_ashdown

Genre

Politics, Memoir, Military History

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Following service as a Royal Marine Commando officer of a Special Boat Service unit in the Far East, Paddy Ashdown served as a diplomat in the Foreign Officer before, in due course, being elected as the Member of Parliament for Yeovil, serving in that capacity from 1983 to 2001.

Ashdown went on to serve as the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999. Afterwards, he was appointed as the international community's High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, serving from 2002 to 2006.

Ashdown is also an author of many books, which include 'A Brilliant Little Operation (which won the British Army Military History Prize for 2013) and 'The Cruel Victory.' ...more

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	Game Of Spies The Secret Agent 4.05 avg rating — 269 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nein!: Standing up to Hitler 1935–1944 4.08 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Brilliant Little Operation: The Cockleshell Heroes and the Most Courageous Raid of World War 2 4.11 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Fortunate Life: The Autobiography of Paddy Ashdown 4.17 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cruel Victory 3.97 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ashdown Diaries Vol. 1 1988-1997 (The Ashdown Diaries, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swords and Ploughshares: Building Peace in the 21st Century 3.33 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1983: The Winning of Yeovil 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ashdown Diaries Vol. 2 1997-2001 (The Ashdown Diaries, #2) 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nein! vastupanu Hitlerile aastail 1935-1944 by Paddy Ashdown, Sylvie Young, Piret Orav (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The dangers of putting your conscience and judgement before your popularity are often far less than we politicians realise. The loss of votes in short term is often compensated for in the long term by the gain of respect.”
― Paddy Ashdown, A Fortunate Life: The Autobiography of Paddy Ashdown

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