How many British generals have been able to write as well as they could fight? Strangely perhaps, quite a few. Field Marshal Sir Michael Carver (Dilemmas of the Desert War, The Seven Ages of the British Army), General Sir David Fraser (And We Shall Shock Them
Montgomery's character and writing style in his memoirs displays how ghostwriters weren't around in the 1950s. But Montgomery is the odd one out in the writing style stakes, something that I noticed when reading Francis Tuker's The Pattern of War and While Memory Serves. However, I have not read Tuker's poetry entitled The Desert Rats.
May 30, 2023·edited May 30, 2023Liked by Dr Robert Lyman MBE
Since I borrowed your copy of “Courage - and Other Broadcasts” I have gone on to buy each of my 3 sons a copy plus another 2 copies
I think that it is a truly great little book which, if the sentiments are followed by society at large, could solve many of the problems we fact today in said society
Montgomery's character and writing style in his memoirs displays how ghostwriters weren't around in the 1950s. But Montgomery is the odd one out in the writing style stakes, something that I noticed when reading Francis Tuker's The Pattern of War and While Memory Serves. However, I have not read Tuker's poetry entitled The Desert Rats.
Good point about Tuker!
Since I borrowed your copy of “Courage - and Other Broadcasts” I have gone on to buy each of my 3 sons a copy plus another 2 copies
I think that it is a truly great little book which, if the sentiments are followed by society at large, could solve many of the problems we fact today in said society
I refer to it often
Thanks Bob: I entirely agree