The Palestine Post (as the Jerusalem Post was then known) reviewed the collection: "The poems were written by men under the stress of war in the desert, in the air and on the sea, under the impact of countries and people strangely new to them." ^ In January 1944 Wilson was made Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean, and became a Field Marshal at the end of 1944.
Palistine Post memberikan komentar: "Puisi-puisinya ditulis oleh orang-orang yang stres karena perang di gurun, di udara, dan dilaut, yang dilakukan oleh negara dan orang-orang asing." ^ Pada bulan Januari 1944, Wilson ditunjuk menjadi Supreme Allied Commander di Mediterania, dan menjad Field Marshal di akhir 1944.