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Title: GENERALS. ten British commanders who shaped ...

Publisher: Faber and Faber, London. 2005.

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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From the bestselling author of "Rifles", the remarkable lives - and battles - of ten of Britain's greatest generals. Mark Urban tells the story of ten exceptional soldiers who left their mark on Britain and the world. Some - including Wellington, Kitchener and Montgomery - are names etched in the national mythology. Others are more obscure figures whose achievements or failures may have had consequences quite different to those they had intended: the incompetence of one British General led to the creation of the United States of America, the ideas of another to the invention of Blitzkreig. All ten of these generals revealed either a brilliant ability or a fatal flaw. While one became Prime Minister, another was beheaded. Success or failure depended largely on their ability to work within Britain's Parliamentary democracy - and against tyrants, despots and emperors who were often free to act alone.

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A compelling read -- General Lord Ramsbotham, Guardian, 5 March 2006

Generals succeeds because of the quirkiness of Urban's subjects, the quality of his writing and the originality of his conclusions. -- Saul David, Daily Telegraph

One of the most intelligent books on the British Army I have ever read. -- Allan Mallinson, Literary Review

What Urban brings to the job is his military knowledge and journalistic flair. He has an eye for technicolour detail. -- Alison Rowat, The Herald

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