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Binding: Hardcover

Pages: 352

See also other edition(s):
   Castle, 2003 - Softcover

See also more books from:
   Correlli Barnett

See also more books on the same topic(s):
   Agheila to Gazala to Alamein, 1942
   Biographies and memoirs: Fronts and campaigns
   Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery
   General Sir Alan Cunningham
   General Sir Claude Auchinleck
   General Sir Neil Ritchie
   General Sir Richard O'Connor
   North Africa campaigns and the Mediterranean, 1940-1943
   North Africa campaigns and the Mediterranean, 1940-1943: Biographies and memoirs
   O'Connor's offensive, 1940
   Operation Crusader, November 1941 - January 1942
   Rommel's first offensive, 1941
   Second Battle of Alamein, 1942
   Siege of Tobruk, 1941

See also references to this book:
   Reference in news archive August 2002
   Reference in book review/survey December 2002

Feedback from visitors

Feedback from Mark G on Saturday, 26 October 2002

Rates this book:

Gives an excellent account of some of the worst rembered generals of the Second World War

Feedback from Jeff D on Wednesday, 26 February 2003

Rates this book:

may be little older but genuene classic from the desert

Feedback from Chas Argent on Sunday, 2 November 2003

Rates this book:

Truly a classic of the Desert War, Barnett's account of O'Connor, Cunningham, Ritchie, Auchinleck and Montgomery pulls no punches. O'Connor and Auchinleck arise as the truly forgotten heroes, Cunningham and Ritchie as good men in the wrong place, and Monty as, well, Monty. Deeply enlightening.

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