Wavell in the Middle East, 1939-1941: A Study in Generalship

by Harold E. Raugh Jr.

Book Overview

This masterly study of generalship covers two years of intense operational activity during which Field Marshal Wavell, as Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, was at one point conducting no fewer than five campaigns simultaneously. Two of those campaigns will stand in history as truly great victories, and one--the campaign in Greece in 1941--as a source of endless controversy. Harold E. Raugh, Jr., has drawn upon previously unavailable official documents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806143053
• ISBN13: 9780806143057
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"