Orde Wingate and the British Army, 1922-1944

by Simon Anglim

Overview

Major General Orde Wingate (1903–1944) was the most controversial British military commander of the Second World War, and perhaps of the last hundred years. Anglim's biography fills a significant void in the literature, making extensive use of Wingate's papers to place him firmly in the context of the British army of the time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138661172
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/21/2016
Series:	Warfare, Society and Culture
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Doctrinal Background; Chapter 2 Wingate before Palestine, 1923–36; Chapter 3 Wingate and Counterterrorism in Palestine, 1937–9; Chapter 4 Wingate in Ethiopia, 1940–1; Chapter 5 Wingate in Burma – The Origins of the Chindits, 1942–3; Chapter 6 Wingate in Burma – Operations Longcloth and Thursday, and The Subsequent Development of Long Range Penetration; Chapter 7 The ‘Wingate Myth’ Reassessed;