Parallel Lives
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/02/2012
This is the story of two men with electrifying personal qualities born around the same time, who between them altered our understanding of leadership in battle. he book traces Montgomery and Rommel's lives from their provincial upbringing, through to facing each other across the trenches in the First World War, to North Africa and Europe in the second. Both were on the periphery of the military establishment. Both were in part creations of the propaganda of their own and that of their superiors. As this book will show, they were alike in many ways and they represent the first time military commanders proactively and systematically used (and were used by) the media as they came to prominence in the North Africa campaign. eter Caddick Adams explores and compares their tactical talents and their personalities in battle. They each bought something special to their respective commands. Rommel's performance with the 7th Panzer in 1940 was inspired. Montgomery is a gift for leadership gurus in the way he took over a demoralised Eighth Army in August 1942 and lead it to victory just two months later. As the author shows he bought with him an extraordinary personal charisma not just 300
- ISBN:
- 9781848091528
- 9781848091528
- Category:
- Second World War
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 01-02-2012
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Cornerstone
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 640
- Dimensions (mm):
- 240x162x41mm
- Weight:
- 0.93kg
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