Mountbatten : apprentice war lord /

Was he a far-sighted war hero, or an ambitious networker promoted well above his natural talent? Admired as a modernising chief of staff, a timely decoloniser, and a genuine player on the world stage, Mountbatten nevertheless continues to attract fierce criticism. In this timely new biography, Adria...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Adrian, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Temas:
Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, > Earl, > 1900-1979.
Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, > Earl, > 1900-1979
Admirals > Great Britain > Biography.
Viceroys > India > Biography.
Nobility > Great Britain > Biography.
Biography: historical, political & military.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY.
Admirals
Nobility
Viceroys
Great Britain
India
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Lord Louis Mountbatten
  • a royal parvenu? The First World War and the 1920s
  • Fast-tracking in the 1930s
  • HMS Kelly, 1939-40
  • HMS Kelly, 1941
  • From Adviser to Chief of Combined Operations, 1941-42
  • The Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942
  • Dieppe
  • the aftermath, the inquest, and the debate
  • 'The steel hand from the sea'
  • Combined Operations at its zenith
  • Conclusion.

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