Alanbrooke War Diaries 1939-1945 - Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke

The first complete and unexpurgated war diaries of Field Marshall Lord Alanbrooke - the most important and the most controversial military diaries of the modern era. 'Superb' SPECTATOR 'Marvellous' IRISH TIMES

About the author

John Keegan in his review of ALCHEMIST OF WAR in The Spectator described Danchev as "one of the two most brilliant people [he] taught at Sandhurst". He is currently Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham. In addition to editing the Alanbrooke WAR DIARIES he is the author of an acclaimed life of Basil Liddell hart, ALCHEMIST OF WAR.

Summary

The first complete and unexpurgated war diaries of Field Marshall Lord Alanbrooke - the most important and the most controversial military diaries of the modern era. 'Superb' SPECTATOR 'Marvellous' IRISH TIMES

Foreword

The first complete and unexpurgated war diaries of Field Marshall Lord Alanbrooke - the most important and the most controversial military diaries of the modern era. 'Superb' SPECTATOR 'Marvellous' IRISH TIMES

Additional text

Those who thought the major documents of the war against Hitler had already appeared must think again. For with the publication of the unvarnished text from the diaries of Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke of Brookeborough, we can all focus more sharply on how high command in a great war works

Product details

• Authors: Lord Alanbrooke
• Assisted by: Alex Danchev (Editor), Danchev Alex (Editor)
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 17.11.2022
• EAN: 9781399601955
• ISBN: 978-1-399-60195-5
• No. of pages: 832
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 54 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Diaries, letters & journals, First World War, Diaries, letters and journals