1st Edition

The Montgomery Legend

By R.W. Thompson Copyright 1967
284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1967, examines the foundations and the substance of the Montgomery Legend. His appearance upon the scene in the Western Desert coincided with a change in warfare as ‘ironmongery replaced generalship’, as General Fuller observed, and with Montgomery’s victories came a British need for a Champion for all to see. The public needed a Hero as Britain’s time on the ropes... Read more

Part 1. The Inheritance  1. Churchill’s Agony  2. Redemption  3. Catharsis  Part 2. The Inheritors  4. The General  5. Alam Halfa: the General and the Battle  6. The 15th September  Part 3. Anatomy of a Legend  7. 2nd Alamein  8. 2nd Alamein II  9. The Triumphal March  10. On to Tunis!  Part 4. Under Two Flags  11. The Allied Command  12. ‘Husky’  13. Fortress Europe  14. A Soldier’s Farewell

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R.W. Thompson