Mountbatten: Apprentice War Lord - Couverture souple

Smith, Adrian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1350294772 ISBN 13 : 9781350294776

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

Synopsis

Was he a far-sighted war hero, or an ambitious networker promoted well above his natural talent? Admired as a modernising chief of staff, a timely decoloniser, and a genuine player on the world stage, Mountbatten nevertheless continues to attract fierce criticism. In this timely new biography, Adrian Smith offers a fresh and convincing perspective, depicting Mountbatten as a quintessentially modern, highly professional figure within the Royal Navy, and at Combined Operations and SE Asia Command, a hands-on officer who enthusiastically embraced new technology; someone who, although an aristocrat, was by instinct a progressive, innovative in his approach to man management. Smith brings Mountbatten to life, acknowledging the essential qualities as well as the obvious weaknesses. Beneath the rich, vain, often ruthless, embodiment of power and privilege could be found a very human, even vulnerable, character - the complex personality of a pivotal figure in the history of twentieth-century Britain and her empire.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Adrian Smith is Emeritus Professor of Modern History at the University of Southampton, UK, and the author of Mountbatten Apprentice War Lord and Mountbatten, Cold War and Empire, 1945-79.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1350294772
• ISBN 13: 9781350294776
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 398
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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