The Montgomery Legend

ISBN-13: 9781032045351 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 272 str.

R.W. Thompson

Opis

This book, first published in 1967, examines the foundations and the substance of the Montgomery Legend. The public needed a Hero as Britain’s time on the ropes ended, and it was also politically necessary, lest Britain be swamped by the power of its allies.

Spis treści

Part 1. The Inheritance  1. Churchill’s Agony  2. Redemption  3. Catharsis  Part 2. The Inheritors  4. The General  5. Alam Halfa: the General and the Battle  6. The 15th September  Part 3. Anatomy of a Legend  7. 2nd Alamein  8. 2nd Alamein II  9. The Triumphal March  10. On to Tunis!  Part 4. Under Two Flags  11. The Allied Command  12. ‘Husky’  13. Fortress Europe  14. A Soldier’s Farewell

O autorze

R.W. Thompson