John Kiszely

Anatomy of a Campaign

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Produktbeschreibung

Senior military commander assesses the reasons behind the ignominious failure of the British campaign in Norway in 1940.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 719g
• ISBN-13: 9781107194595
• ISBN-10: 1107194598
• Artikelnr.: 47722917

Autorenporträt

John Kiszely served in the British Army for forty years, rising to the rank of lieutenant general. His operational service included Northern Ireland, the Falkland Islands, Bosnia and Iraq. He served three tours of duty in the Ministry of Defence, latterly as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff. On leaving the Army he spent three years as a visiting professor in war studies at King's College London, and from 2014 to 2017 was a visiting research fellow on the Changing Character of War Programme at Pembroke College, Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. 'A legitimate shadow'
3. Deciding to decide
4. Warning signs
5. 'The major project'
6. 'Hare-brained'
7. Taking stock
8. WESERÜBUNG
9. 'Something must be done'
10. The jigsaw puzzle
11. 'Something must be done'
12. 'Boldness is required'
13. 'An even greater prize'
14. Maurice
15. Sickle
16. 'We must get out'
17. The third dimension
18. 'In the name of God, go!'
19. 'A good dividend'
20. 'No time to lose'
21. The long retreat
22. Finale
23. Conclusions.