Generals Av Mark Urban

<p>Mark Urban tells the story of ten exceptional generals who left their mark on Britain, the British Empire, and the world. Some - including the Duke of Wellington, Lord Kitchener and Bernard Montgomery - are names etched in the national mythology. Others are unsung heroes and shadowy presences whose achievements or failures may have had consequences quite different to those they had intended.<br><br>All ten of these generals revealed either a brilliant ability or a fatal flaw. Success or failure depended largely on their ability to work within Britain''s Parliamentary democracy - and against tyrants, despots and emperors who were often free to act alone.<br><br> Mark Urban, the acclaimed author of <i>Rifles </i>and <i>Fusiliers</i>, is now one of our foremost experts on military history.<br><br> ''One of the most intelligent books on the British Army I have ever read.'' Allan Mallinson</p>