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Wavell: soldier & statesman
Klappentext: Wavell was one of Britain's great military leaders. With extraordinary resilience, he faced triumph and disaster in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. His renowned victory in the Western desert was matched by the ignominy of the surrender at Singapore and the evacuation from Burma. Wavell's appointment as Viceroy of India was even more challenging, as he began its arduous move to independence. Yet behind such distinction lay an enigmatic man, equally celebrated for his unexpected silences as for his prolific memory and love of poetry.Drawing upon unpublished letters and diaries, together with interviews with the last surviving generation who knew him, she reveals the hopes, fears and the difficulties Wavell faced. Appointed and yet chastised by Winston Churchill, the failure of one of the most important relationships of WW2 is laid bare.From this beautifully written, well-researched book Wavell emerges as a man of tremendous sensitivity, a soldier and a statesman, for whom duty was paramount and who, despite his taciturn behaviour, inspired exceptional loyalty.In a world where the origins of today's conflicts lie in yesterday's wars, the story of Wavell's life holds a timeless fascination.
Afghan frontier: feuding and fighting in Central Asia
In: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
World Affairs Online
Political conflict in Pakistan: by Mohammad Waseem, London, Hurst, 2021, xviii + 570 pp., £40 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-78738-400-2
In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Band 111, Heft 6, S. 741-743
ISSN: 1474-029X
The population myth, Islam family planning and politics in India: by S.Y. Quraishi, India, HarperCollins, 2021, xxxii + 301 pp., Indian Rs 499, ISBN 978-93-9035-154-1 (paperback); 978-93-9035-154-1 (ebook)
In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Band 111, Heft 6, S. 743-744
ISSN: 1474-029X
Pakistan at 75: a mixed record
In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Band 111, Heft 6, S. 724-725
ISSN: 1474-029X
CHOGM 2022: a very African affair
In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Band 111, Heft 4, S. 524-525
ISSN: 1474-029X
Kashmir at the Crossroads, Inside a 21st-Century Conflict: Sumantra Bose. Yale University Press. London, 2021. pp. 327. Illust. Maps. Notes. Glossary. Index. Hb. £18.99. ISBN 978-0-300-25687-1
In: Asian affairs, Band 53, Heft 3, S. 807-809
ISSN: 1477-1500
Indian General Elections and the State of Jammu and Kashmir
In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Band 108, Heft 4, S. 479-480
ISSN: 1474-029X
Cityscapes of Violence in Karachi: Publics and Counterpublic
In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Band 107, Heft 4, S. 544-545
ISSN: 1474-029X
Defeat Is an Orphan: How Pakistan Lost the Great South Asian War
In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Band 107, Heft 1, S. 118-120
ISSN: 1474-029X
Pakistan at 70
In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Band 106, Heft 5, S. 583-584
ISSN: 1474-029X