Low Intensity Operations, Subversion Insurgency & Peacekeeping

Frank Kitson

ISBN 10: 0571098010 / ISBN 13: 9780571098019

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1971

About this Item

Hard back edition. Khaki cloth with gilt lettered spine in olive dustwrapper.xi, 208 pages. 5.5 X 8.75 inches. 5.5 X 8.75 inches. Very good book in a good dustwrapper with some edge creasing a couple of edge chips and and one across the spine and round to the back panel and also a few marks to the wrapper. Internally clean and unmarked with no annotaions.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Low Intensity Operations, Subversion Insurgency & Peacekeeping
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571098010
• ISBN 13: 9780571098019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Born in 1926, General Sir Frank Kitson was commissioned into the army soon after the end of World War II and retired 40 years later in 1985. This book tells his story. In the course of his service he spent many years with aromoured formations in Germany, culminating in the command of an armoured division. He also took part in counter-insurgency and peace-keeping activities in Kenya, Malaya, Oman, Cyprus and Northern Ireland and held staff appointments in the Ministry of Defence. He spent the final three years of his service as Commander in Chief of the United Kingdom Land Forces.

About the Author

General Sir Frank Kitson GBE, KCB, MC and Bar was commissioned in the army soon after the end of the Second World War. In the course of his service he spent many years with armoured formations in Germany, culminating in command of an armoured division. He also took part in counter-insurgency and peace-keeping activities in Kenya, Malaya, Oman, Cyprus and Northern Ireland and held staff appointments in two of the most influential departments in the Ministry of Defence. He retired in 1985, having spent the final three years of his service as Commander-in-Chief United Kingdom Land Forces. His sometimes controversial writings on military subjects - notably Low Intensity Operations (reissued by Faber Finds in 2010, along with Directing Operations and Bunch of Five) - remain highly relevant and continue to be widely read and to provoke strong opinions. In retirement, he has given evidence to the Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland.General Sir Frank Kitson GBE, KCB, MC and Bar was commissioned in the army soon after the end of the Second World War. In the course of his service he spent many years with armoured formations in Germany, culminating in command of an armoured division. He also took part in counter-insurgency and peace-keeping activities in Kenya, Malaya, Oman, Cyprus and Northern Ireland and held staff appointments in two of the most influential departments in the Ministry of Defence. He retired in 1985, having spent the final three years of his service as Commander-in-Chief United Kingdom Land Forces. His sometimes controversial writings on military subjects - notably Low Intensity Operations (reissued by Faber Finds in 2010, along with Directing Operations and Bunch of Five) - remain highly relevant and continue to be widely read and to provoke strong opinions. In retirement, he has given evidence to the Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland.