A new assessment of Alan Brooke, first Viscount Alanbrooke, which examines his treatment at the hands of historians as well as his importance to Churchill.
Alan Brooke: Churchill’s Right-Hand Critic: A Reappraisal of Lord Alanbrooke
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£25.00
Edition:Hardback978161200968131/03/2021
Categories: 01. Books for the New Year 2021: Biography & Memoir, Biography, Letters & Diaries, Books for the New Year 2021
Tags: 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British History, c 1910 to c 1919, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1940 to c 1949, Europe, European history, First World War, Modern warfare, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, WW2
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