Orde Wingate Trevor Royle

Name: Orde Wingate By Trevor Royle
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Orde Wingate by Trevor Royle

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This controversial biography of Orde Wingate is based upon previously unpublished sources, including those of the Special Operations Executive which Wingate joined in 1940. It traces Wingate's development as a soldier and guerilla leader and shows how his strict upbringing affected his career.

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Orde Wingate: Irregular Officer by Trevor Royle

This controversial biography is based on previously unseen sources, including those of the Special Operations Executive which Wingate joined in 1940. It traces his development as a soldier and guerrilla leader in Palestine and Europe, and shows his strcit religious upbringing had a lasting effect on his military career.

About Trevor Royle

Trevor Royle is a broadcaster and author specialising in the history of war and empire with a score of books to his credit. His most recent book, Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1638-1660 (Little, Brown), is a revisionist history of the English Civil War and has received excellent reviews. He is also the author of Crimea: The Great Crimean War 1854-1856 and a highly praised biography of the controversial Chindit leader Major-General Orde Wingate. As a journalist he is an associate editor of the Sunday Herald and is also a regular commentator on defence matters and international affairs for the BBC. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

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Sku

GOR002666806

ISBN 13

9780753802229

ISBN 10

0753802228

Title

Orde Wingate: Irregular Officer by Trevor Royle

Author

Trevor Royle

Series

Phoenix Giants S.

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Orion Publishing Co

Year published

19980810

Number of pages

368

Prizes

N/A

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