Title: Montgomery of Alamein /
Authors: Chalfont, Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones, 1919-2020
Publisher: Atheneum,
Year: 1976
Subjects: Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery,
Contents: An episcopal father -- Maternal grandfather -- An unusual marriage -- Childhood in Tasmania -- School at St. Paul's -- The army in transition -- Sandhurst and the regiment -- The First World War -- The origins of professionalism -- Marriage and tragedy -- A critical phase -- The rising star -- Palestine to Dunkirk -- England after Dunkirk -- Eighth Army commander -- The birth of a legend -- Eighth Army and the Afrika Korps -- Moulding a victorious army -- Preparing to defeat Rommel -- Alam Halfa -- A new style in the desert -- El Alamein --The pursuit across the desert -- Farewell to Eighth Army -- The planning for Overlord -- The Battle of Normandy -- From Seine to Rhine -- Montgomery versus Eisenhower -- From army commander to CIGS -- Chief of the Imperial General Staff -- The international soldier -- The Field Marshall in limbo : 1958-1969 -- Literature and politics.