Fire in the Night - Couverture souple

Smith, C. J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1447285077 ISBN 13 : 9781447285076

Editeur : Pan, 2015

Synopsis

Orde Charles Wingate. Winston Churchill thought him a military genius; others considered him greatly over-rated; a few even thought him mad. His overriding passion was for Zionism, a cause which he embraced when posted to British-ruled Palestine in 1936. There he raised the Special Night Squads, an irregular force which decimated Arab rebel bands and taught a future generation of Israeli generals (including Moshe Dayan and Yitzhak Rabin) how to fight. In 1941, Wingate led another guerrilla-style force into Italian-occupied Ethiopia and was instrumental in restoring Emperor Haile Selassie to his throne. But his most famous campaign was conducted behind enemy lines in Burma, where his Chindits shattered the myth of Japanese invincibility in jungle fighting. A brilliant maverick, Wingate was a difficult if not impossible subordinate. He was also - as this riveting new study reveals - an inspiring leader.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Colin Smith is a veteran news correspondent and currently lives in Cyprus, now quiescent but one of the many late-twentieth-century trouble spots on which Colin reported as roving correspondent for The Observer. He is the author of Fire in the Night, a biography of Orde Charles Wingate which he co-wrote with John Bierman.

John Bierman was a veteran reporter and historian. He co-authored several books with fellow journalist Colin Smith, including Fire in the Night and Alamein: War Without Hate. He spent his later years based in Cyprus. John Bierman died in January 2006.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pan
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1447285077
• ISBN 13: 9781447285076
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 465
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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