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

Royle, Trevor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753802228 ISBN 13: 9780753802229

Verlag: Orion, 1998

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Reseña del editor:

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.

Biografía del autor:

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.

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• Verlag: Orion
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0753802228
• ISBN 13: 9780753802229
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368