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Orde Wingate: Irregular Officer (Phoenix Giants S.)

Orde Wingate: Irregular Officer (Phoenix Giants S.)

by TrevorRoyle (Author)

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    Paperback 1998

    $18.76
Synopsis

This controversial biography is based on previously unseen sources, including those of the Special Operations Executive which Wingate joined in 1940. It traces his development as a soldier and guerrilla leader in Palestine and Europe, and shows his strcit religious upbringing had a lasting effect on his military career.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 368
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Orion
Published: 10 Aug 1998
ISBN 10: 0753802228
ISBN 13: 9780753802229

Author Bio
Trevor Royle is a broadcaster and author specialising in the history of war and empire with a score of books to his credit. His most recent book, Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1638-1660 (Little, Brown), is a revisionist history of the English Civil War and has received excellent reviews. He is also the author of Crimea: The Great Crimean War 1854-1856 and a highly praised biography of the controversial Chindit leader Major-General Orde Wingate. As a journalist he is an associate editor of the Sunday Herald and is also a regular commentator on defence matters and international affairs for the BBC. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.