A Very Fine Commander : the Memories of General 'Nap' Murray GCB KBE DSO
Language: English
Published by Pen and Sword, Havertown, 2010
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- Hardcover
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Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical Description; 310 pages. Contents; Part 1 - The Early Years 1903-1939; Chapter 1 - Childhood; Chapter 2 - Peter Symonds School; Chapter 3 - Sandhurst; Chapter 4 - Aldershot and the General Strike; Chapter 5 - China; Chapter 6 - Catterick and Egypt; Chapter 7 - India; Chapter 8 - Hamilton and Staff College; Part 2 - The War Years 1939-1945; Chapter 9 - The War Office and 3rd Division; Chapter 10 - Northern Ireland; Chapter 11 - GHQ Home Forces; Chapter 12 - The Middle East; Chapter 13 - Sicily; Chapter 14 - Interlude in the United Kingdom; Chapter 15 - Normandy; Chapter 16 - Italy and Austria. Part 3Generalship 1946-1989; Chapter 17 - The Victory Parade; Chapter 18 - Palestine and the Mediterranean; Chapter 19 - Catterick; Chapter 20 - Korea; Chapter 21 - Scottish Command; Chapter 22 - Scandinavia; Chapter 23 - Envoi; Reflections; Bibliography; Index. 1 Kg.
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- Title
- A Very Fine Commander : the Memories of General 'Nap' Murray GCB KBE DSO
- Author
- John Donovan
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword, Havertown
- Publication year
- 2010
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1848843372
- ISBN 13
- 9781848843370
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
His fascinating memoirs, skillfully edited by his nephew, cover an extraordinary career from young officer service in India, China and Egypt, his experiences with the German Army in 1937 before the dramas of WW2. His accounts of action and injury in the early war years in France, North Africa, Sicily and Normandy, prepare the reader for Murray’s long and distinguished record as a Divisional commander in Italy, Palestine, Catterick and finally the Commonwealth Division in Korea. It was Monty himself who described Murray as ‘A Very Fine Commander’ – praise indeed, a memoir can be very revealing about the character of its author. Entirely free of self-aggrandisement or pride this book leaves the reader unsurprised at the success and popularity of its author.
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