Directing Operations
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (931 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0571152449 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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In the course of his service he spent many years with armoured formations in Germany, culminating in command of an armoured division. He retired in 1985, having spent the final three years of his service as Commander-in-Chief United Kingdom Land Forces. His sometimes controversial writings on military subjects - notably Low Intensity Operations (reissued by Faber Finds in 2010, along with Directing Operations and Bunch of Five)- remain highly relevant and continue to be widely read and to provoke strong opinions. He also took part in counter-insurgency and peace-keeping activities in Kenya, Malaya, Oman, Cyprus and Northern Ireland and held staff appointments in two of the most influential departments in the Ministry of Defence. He retired in 1985, having spent the final three years of his service as Commander-in-Chief United Kingdom Land Forces. In retirement, he has given evidence to the Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland.General Sir F
He retired in 1985, having spent the final three years of his service as Commander-in-Chief United Kingdom Land Forces. His sometimes controversial writings on military subjects - notably Low Intensity Operations (reissued by Faber Finds in 2010, along with Directing Operations and Bunch of Five)- remain highly relevant and continue to be widely read and to provoke strong opinions. He also took part in counter-i
He spent the final three years of his service as Commander-in-Chief af the United Kingdom Land Forces.. In the course of his service he spent many years with armoured formations in Germany, culminating in command of an armoured division. It examines the tasks likely to confront senior officers in the nuclear age, and discusses how traditional methods of training, which may have suited the needs of massed armies in the first half of the century, should be adapted to fit the demands of the modern world. This book examines the subject of training military commanders for the eventuality of n
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