DESERT GENERALS (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

DESERT GENERALS (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Barnett, Correlli. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780304352807.

This book is a key account of the Desert War. Following the campaigns of five British commanders, distinguished military historian Correlli Barnett gives a complete account of the Desert Campaign 1940-43 – the ‘pure’ warfare of tanks in a barren wasteland which gave Britain its first land victories of the Second World War. Correlli Barnett is the author of 6 non-fiction titles. In 1970 he won the Royal Society of Literature Award for Britain and her Army. He has been historical consultant to three BBC Television series, including The Great War (1964) which he part wrote. In 1980 he was appointed the first Defence Lecturer in the University of Cambridge.