Orde Wingate: Irregular Officer (Phoenix Giants S.) - Softcover

Royle, Trevor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753802228 ISBN 13: 9780753802229

Publisher: Orion, 1998

Synopsis

This controversial biography is based on previously unseen sources, including those of the Special Operations Executive which Wingate joined in 1940. It traces his development as a soldier and guerrilla leader in Palestine and Europe, and shows his strcit religious upbringing had a lasting effect on his military career.

About this title

From the Publisher:

“A finely written and objective book” John Keegan. “A very sound account, especially in his depiction of the British Army in those days” Anthony Beevor.

About the Author:

Trevor Royle is a broadcaster and author specialising in the history of war and empire with a score of books to his credit. His most recent book, Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1638-1660 (Little, Brown), is a revisionist history of the English Civil War and has received excellent reviews. He is also the author of Crimea: The Great Crimean War 1854-1856 and a highly praised biography of the controversial Chindit leader Major-General Orde Wingate. As a journalist he is an associate editor of the Sunday Herald and is also a regular commentator on defence matters and international affairs for the BBC. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0753802228
• ISBN 13: 9780753802229
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368