'Truths'--what 'truths'? The author's?? I'd like to see what sources he used for this. Are they 'original' sources, or ones that fit the author's presuppositions and agendas?
How *ridiculous.*(Ms.) Patricia Finnegan pfinn2...@gmail.com On Monday, December 1, 2014 1:15:00 PM UTC-5, Antoine Capet wrote: > > Another new book of "debunking" : > > Arnold, Michael. Hollow Heroes: An Unvarnished Look at the Wartime Careers > of Churchill, Montgomery and Mountbatten. Casemate, > 2014. > > The book reveals the truths behind the conventional images of three of > Great Britain's primary military leaders during and > immediately after the Second World War. In each case there was a totally > different side to each man, which demonstrates that a > great deal of their reputation was built on contrived results, deception > and dishonesty. It examines the influence and impediment > of "class" on the performance of the British Army in World War II, and > quotes the views of the Americans that far too often there > was an unwillingness among the British to base officer promotion on > effectiveness rather than on social background; conforming was > more important than performing, as anyone who has served in the British > Army's ranks would agree. At the same time, Montgomery > feared and was jealous of Patton, whose rate of advance was nearly always > twice that of Monty's. The services of Field Marshals > Wavell and Auchinleck, two of Britain's finest commanders of the war, were > largely lost to Britain because of Churchill's > consistent interfering in field matters and his need to contrive almost > anything to remain in power after he had been responsible > for the fall of Singapore. This book includes the bizarre case of > Major-General Dorman-Smith, one of Britain's most brilliant > original thinkers, who without reason was sacked by Churchill. > Dorman-Smith was the tactician who had produced Britain's victory > over Rommel at the first battle of Alamein, but his crime seems have been > overachievement; an unforgivable sin in some eyes. > Mountbatten's fumbling in India is also realistically portrayed in these > pages, putting paid to the "man for the century"'s overly > embellished reputation. > > > Antoine CAPET, FRHistS > Professor emeritus of British Studies > University of Rouen > 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan > France > antoin...@univ-rouen.fr <javascript:> > > 'Britain since 1914' Section Editor > Royal Historical Society Bibliography > > Reviews Editor of CERCLES > http://www.cercles.com/review/reviews.html > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
