A Soldier's Life: General Sir Ian Hamilton 1853-1947
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (683 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0333734440 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 292 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is also a Sales Representative for Macmillan! . John Lee is an executive officer of the British Commission for Military History, and is widely known at a writer, lecturer and tour guide specializing in the First World War
About the Author John Lee is an executive officer of the British Commission for Military History, and is widely known at a writer, lecturer and tour guide specializing in the First World War. He is also a Sales Representative for Macmillan!
"Interesting look at a much-maligned general" according to A Customer. Sir Ian Hamilton is destined to be remembered for one thing - the disaster at Gallipoli. In reality, however, he was a veritable rennaisance man with a varied and largely successful career that came crashing down around his ears over the period of a few weeks in 1915. John Lee is the first person, to the best of my knowledge, to take a close look at Hamilton's life outside the box of his performance at Gallipoli.Lee deals with Hamilton's early career, his friendship wit. Outstanding! Jonathan Sandys A great guide to the army life of Ian Hamilton. I have read this book several times and each time I discover something new.
In this illustrated account of a remarkable man and a brilliant soldier, John Lee reveals that Gallipoli was a doomed exercise almost from the start and that Hamilton, though largely exonerated by the Dardanelles Commission which investigated the campaign, deserves to have his entire career re-assessed.