Uncle Bill
The Authorised Biography of Field Marshal Viscount Slim
«Last year, a poll at the National Army Museum to determine Britain's greatest general ended in a tie between Wellington and Slim. This biography will do much more to tip the scales. It pays magnificent tribute to Slim in a very well-informed assessment of what he did to deserve this accolade. It is a most exciting read, full of vivid, even lurid descriptions of the sufferings inflicted by the terrain and the climate as well as by the bestiality of the Japanese enemy... [a] forcefully written biography»
Peter Lewis, DAILY MAIL
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Masterly biography of the 'greatest commander of the 20th century'.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 480
- ISBN
- 9781780220826
- Utgivelsesår
- 2014
- Format
- 20 x 17 cm
Anmeldelser
«Last year, a poll at the National Army Museum to determine Britain's greatest general ended in a tie between Wellington and Slim. This biography will do much more to tip the scales. It pays magnificent tribute to Slim in a very well-informed assessment of what he did to deserve this accolade. It is a most exciting read, full of vivid, even lurid descriptions of the sufferings inflicted by the terrain and the climate as well as by the bestiality of the Japanese enemy... [a] forcefully written biography»
Peter Lewis, DAILY MAIL
«readable, well-constructed and robustly... expressed»
Andro Linklater, THE SPECTATOR
«Precision and easy-going style have added appreciably to the historical record of `Uncle Bill` Slim and the extraordinary skill and fortitude of his campaigns.»
Andrew Lycett, LITERARY REVIEW
«Russell Miller gives an admirable account.»
Piers Brendon, THE OLDIE