Suchergebnisse

1. The doctrinal background -- 2. Wingate before Palestine, 1923-36 -- 3. Wingate and counterterrorism in Palestine, 1937-9 -- 4. Wingate in Ethiopia, 1940-1 -- 5. Wingate in Burma (1) : the origins of the Chindits, 1942-3 -- 6. Wingate in Burma (2) : operations Longcloth and Thursday, and the subsequent development of Long Range Penetration -- 7. The 'Wingate myth' reassessed.

Winston Churchill described Wingate as a 'man of genius who might well have become a man of destiny'. Tragically, he died in an jungle aircraft crash in 1944. Like his famous kinsman Lawrence of Arabia, Wingate was renowned for being an unorthodox soldier, inclined to reject received patterns of military thought. He was a fundamentalist Christian with a biblical certainty in himself and his mission.He is best-remembered as the charismatic and abrasive leader of the Chindits. With the support of Wavell, he was responsible for a strategy of using independent groups deep behind enemy limes, suppo

Much has been written recently on something called 'hybrid warfare'. While there isno one agreed definition, the current storm of books, articles and blog piecesclaiming authority on the subject concur broadly that it is a novel, 21st-centuryconcept centring on using local malcontents, organised covertly by secret servicesinto plausibly deniable paramilitary formations supported by agents and special forces,propaganda and diplomatic pressure to achieve strategic aims in lieu of overt militaryforce.