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Churchill's Generals

2012-09-06 History
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Release : 2012-09-06
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Book Synopsis Churchill's Generals by : John Keegan

Download or read book Churchill's Generals written by John Keegan. This book was released on 2012-09-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Keegan has assembled a cast of seventeen generals whose reputations were made (and some of them broken) by Churchill and the Second World War. Churchill's reputation as prime minister during the Second World War fluctuated according to the successes and failures of his generals. Most of them were household names, and often heroes, during the war years. All of them were prey to the intolerance, interference, irascibility - and the inspiration - of the man who wanted to be both the general in the field and the presiding strategic genius. He sacked his warlords ruthlessly, yet in the end he came to be served by perhaps the greatest generals this country has ever produced. Includes chapters on Wavell, Ironside, Ritchie, Auchinleck, Montgomery, Alexander, Percival, Wingate, Slim and Carton de Wiart. Note: The Publisher regrets that the biographical note for Gary Sheffield is incorrect in the book. Please refer to the Orion website (www.orionbooks.co.uk) for the correct version.

Churchill & His Generals

2007 History
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Release : 2007
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Churchill & His Generals by : Raymond Callahan

Download or read book Churchill & His Generals written by Raymond Callahan. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the eve of World War II, the British army was more an international police force than a combat ready fighting force. This book examines its transformation in a look at Great Britain's top commanders in the field.

Churchill's Lions

2007 Generals
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Release : 2007
Genre : Generals
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Book Synopsis Churchill's Lions by : Richard Mead

Download or read book Churchill's Lions written by Richard Mead. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Certainly one of the most important reference works on the Second World War ever published. Full narrative histories of 125 generals, with detailed information on their units and the theatres in which they served. Chronological details in tabular form of the wartime appointments of a further 125 generals. Foreword by Lt General Sir Alistair Irwin, K.C.B., C.B.E.

Churchill's Generals

2005 Generals
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Release : 2005
Genre : Generals
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Churchill, Master and Commander

2023-05-09 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2023-05-09
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Churchill, Master and Commander by : Anthony Tucker-Jones

Download or read book Churchill, Master and Commander written by Anthony Tucker-Jones. This book was released on 2023-05-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging and detailed study of Winston Churchill's career as a military commander, from his early experiences in Britain's colonial wars, through his battlefield experience in World War I, to his strategic command in World War II. This book examines how in high office he got it both right and wrong. From his earliest days Winston Churchill was an extreme risk taker and he carried this into adulthood. Today he is widely hailed as Britain's greatest wartime leader and politician. Deep down though, he was foremost a warlord. Just like his ally Stalin, and his arch enemies Hitler and Mussolini, Churchill could not help himself and insisted on personally directing the strategic conduct of World War II. For better or worse he insisted on being political master and military commander. Again like his wartime contemporaries, he had a habit of not heeding the advice of his generals. The results of this were disasters in Norway, North Africa, Greece, and Crete during 1940–41. His fruitless Dodecanese campaign in 1943 also ended in defeat. Churchill's pig-headedness over supporting the Italian campaign in defiance of the Riviera landings culminated in him threatening to resign and bring down the British Government. Yet on occasions he got it just right, his refusal to surrender in 1940, the British miracle at Dunkirk, and victory in the Battle of Britain, showed that he was a much-needed decisive leader. Nor did he shy away from difficult decisions, such as the destruction of the French Fleet to prevent it falling into German hands and his subsequent war against Vichy France. In this fascinating new book, acclaimed historian Anthony Tucker-Jones explores the record of Winston Churchill as a military commander, assessing how the military experiences of his formative years shaped him for the difficult military decisions he took in office. This book assesses his choices in the some of the most controversial and high-profile campaigns of World War II, and how in high office his decision making was both right and wrong.

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