Uncle Bill: The Authorised Biography Of Field Marshal Viscount Slim Russell Miller Weidenfeld Nicolson Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social Sciences Science Humanity

Masterly Biography Of The \ Greatest Commander 20Th Century\ Field Marshal Slim Is Less Well Known Than Other Second World War Generals But Now Widely Regarded As Best To Men Under His Command He Was Uncle Bill\ Probably Most Respected And Loved Military Leader Since Duke Marlborough Born Into An Impoverished Family In Bristol 1891 Brought Up Black Country Commissioned A Temporary Lieutenant On Outbreak First Twice Seriously Wounded Gallipoli Mesopotamia Awarded Cross 1918 After Unable Remain Officer Class-Ridden British Army Without Private Means Transferred Indian Where Developed Enduring Affection For Ghurkhas Began Writing Short Stories Supplement Income Slim\ S Career Stalled Between Wars During This Time Leadership Techniques That Would Make Him National Hero Within Decade Which Are Still Taught Today At Sandhurst Promotion Came Rapidly With March 1942 Sent Burma Take British-Indian Corps Then Full Flight From Advancing Japanese Through Force Turned Disorderly Panic Controlled Withdrawal Across Border India Two Years Later Having Raised Retrained Largest Ever Assembled By Britain Drove Enemy Out Shattered Myth Invincibility Had Hamstrung Allied Operations East So Long Returned Laden Awards Honours Became Popular Governor-General Australia 1953 Peerage Died London 1970 Important Will Be Written Cooperation Russell Miller Has Access All Their Papers Σελίδες: 480 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0812 Διαστάσεις: 16 6X16 6Cm