Alan Brooke - Churchill's Right-Hand Critic (ePub)
A Reappraisal of Lord Alanbrooke
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This new biography of Churchill's top WWII advisor is "an excellent book for anyone interested in military leadership" (The NYMAS Review).
Voted the greatest Briton of the twentieth century, Winston Churchill has long been credited with almost...
Voted the greatest Briton of the twentieth century, Winston Churchill has long been credited with almost...
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This new biography of Churchill's top WWII advisor is "an excellent book for anyone interested in military leadership" (The NYMAS Review).
Voted the greatest Briton of the twentieth century, Winston Churchill has long been credited with almost single-handedly leading his country to victory in World War II. But without Alan Brooke, a skilled tactician, at his side the outcome might well have been disastrous. Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, more often than not served as a brake on some of Churchill's more impetuous ideas. However, while Brooke's diaries reveal his fury with some of Churchill's decisions, they also reveal his respect and admiration for the wartime prime minister. In return Churchill must surely have considered Brooke one of his most difficult subordinates-but later wrote that he was "fearless, formidable, articulate, and in the end convincing."
As CIGS, Brooke was integral to coordination between the Allied forces, and so had to wrestle with the cultural strategy clash between the British and Americans. Comments in his diaries offer up his opinions of both his British and American military colleagues-his negative assessments of Mountbatten's ability, and acerbic comments on the difficult character of de Gaulle and the weaknesses of Eisenhower. Conversely, he was clearly overindulgent in the face of Montgomery's foibles. Brooke was often seen as a stern and humorless figure, but a study of his private life reveals a little-seen lighter side, a lifelong passion for birdwatching, and abiding love for his family. The two tragedies that befell his immediate family were a critical influence on his life. Andrew Sangster completes this new biography with a survey of the way various historians have assessed Brooke, explaining how he has lapsed into seeming obscurity in the years since his crucial part in the Allied victory in World War II.
Voted the greatest Briton of the twentieth century, Winston Churchill has long been credited with almost single-handedly leading his country to victory in World War II. But without Alan Brooke, a skilled tactician, at his side the outcome might well have been disastrous. Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, more often than not served as a brake on some of Churchill's more impetuous ideas. However, while Brooke's diaries reveal his fury with some of Churchill's decisions, they also reveal his respect and admiration for the wartime prime minister. In return Churchill must surely have considered Brooke one of his most difficult subordinates-but later wrote that he was "fearless, formidable, articulate, and in the end convincing."
As CIGS, Brooke was integral to coordination between the Allied forces, and so had to wrestle with the cultural strategy clash between the British and Americans. Comments in his diaries offer up his opinions of both his British and American military colleagues-his negative assessments of Mountbatten's ability, and acerbic comments on the difficult character of de Gaulle and the weaknesses of Eisenhower. Conversely, he was clearly overindulgent in the face of Montgomery's foibles. Brooke was often seen as a stern and humorless figure, but a study of his private life reveals a little-seen lighter side, a lifelong passion for birdwatching, and abiding love for his family. The two tragedies that befell his immediate family were a critical influence on his life. Andrew Sangster completes this new biography with a survey of the way various historians have assessed Brooke, explaining how he has lapsed into seeming obscurity in the years since his crucial part in the Allied victory in World War II.
Autoren-Porträt von Sangster Andrew Sangster
Dr Andrew Sangster is a Bishop's Officer who has had 16 books published and he is a contributor to history magazines. His doctorate is in Modern European History, and he holds other degrees in history, English, law and divinity.
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- Autor: Sangster Andrew Sangster
- 2021, 368 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Casemate
- ISBN-10: 1612009697
- ISBN-13: 9781612009698
- Erscheinungsdatum: 05.04.2021
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