Superbly written narrative of the battle for Crete, described by Churchill as "A head-on collision with the very spearhead of the German lance." A brand new, updated edition of a controversial book. Famous politician Alan Clark enjoys an outstanding reputation as a military historian and writer.
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Alan Clark made his reputation as a military historian with The Donkeys, an account of the First World War, and Barbarossa, a description of the 1941-45 Russo-German conflict. In 1993 his DIARIES were published to acclaim and have now sold in excess of 250,000 copies. Before his death in 1999 he was MP for Kensington and Chelsea, and had been a Minister in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major.
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