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Anatomy of a Campaign

The British Fiasco in Norway, 1940

By: John Kiszely

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Anatomy of a Campaign

The British Fiasco in Norway, 1940

By: John Kiszely

The British campaign in Norway in 1940 was an ignominious and abject failure. It is perhaps best known as the fiasco which directly led to the fall of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and his replacement by Winston Churchill. But what were the reasons for failure? Why did the decision makers, including Churchill, make such poor decisions and exercise such bad judgement? What other factors played a part? John Kiszely draws on his own experience of working at all levels in the military to assess the campaign as a whole, its context and evolution from strategic failures, intelligence blunders and German air superiority to the performance of the troops and the serious errors of judgement by those responsible for the higher direction of the war. The result helps us to understand not only the outcome of the Norwegian campaign but also why more recent military campaigns have found success so elusive.

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1108170773

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General Hastings 'Pug' Ismay

Soldier, Statesman, Diplomat: A New Biography

By: John Kiszely

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General Hastings 'Pug' Ismay

Soldier, Statesman, Diplomat: A New Biography

By: John Kiszely

General Lord Ismay's name is little known today, but he participated in, and was witness to, decision-making at the highest level of government, before, during and after the Second World War. Immediately prior to the outbreak of hostilities, he was Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence responsible for advising government on strategy and preparations for war. As wartime Chief Staff Officer to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, he became a close confidant and rarely left Churchill's side, whether in Britain or abroad at international conferences. He was instrumental in conciliating the sometimes-fractious relationship between the Prime Minister and the Service Chiefs of Staff. In 1947, Ismay went to India as Chief of Staff to the Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, and was closely involved in the drama of Partition. As the first Secretary General of NATO from 1952 to 1957, he was instrumental in building the foundations of the Alliance and preserving its unity and cohesion at the height of the Cold War. He also played a central role in reshaping the higher management of defence in Britain, including the creation of the Ministry of Defence. This fascinating book tells the story of his life and work.

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Anatomy of a Campaign

By: John Kiszely

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Anatomy of a Campaign

By: John Kiszely

Senior military commander assesses the reasons behind the ignominious failure of the British campaign in Norway in 1940.

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The Battle for Health

A Political History of the Socialist Medical Association, 1930–51

By: John Stewart

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The Battle for Health

A Political History of the Socialist Medical Association, 1930–51

By: John Stewart

First published in 1999, this is the first scholarly study of the Socialist Medical Association (SMA), an organisation of left-wing medical practitioners founded in 1930 and affiliated to the Labour Party in the following year. The SMA’s aim was a free, comprehensive, and universal state medical service, democratically controlled and with all personnel, including doctors, working as salaried employees. In the 1930s and early 1940s the organisation gained increasing influence over Labour Party health policy, and consequently saw its activities as central to the creation of the National Health Service (NHS). However, once Labour was actually in power, the SMA became more and more marginalised, in part because of its difficult relationship with the Minister of Health, Aneurin Bevan. Bevan, while inaugurating a service which had many features desired by the Association, none the less also felt obliged to make compromises with the medical profession. The SMA’s activities are therefore of historical interest in providing a further view of the creation of the NHS, while its ideas and proposals continue to raise serious questions about issues such as the nature and control of social welfare and the possibility of achieving a truly socialised health service.

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Routledge

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0429789386

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9780429789380

Air Power in the Falklands Conflict

An Operational Level Insight into Air Warfare in the South Atlantic

By: John Shields

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Air Power in the Falklands Conflict

An Operational Level Insight into Air Warfare in the South Atlantic

By: John Shields

A Royal Air Force veteran of the Falklands Conflict presents a comprehensive, myth-busting study of the air campaign. In the spring of 1982, Argentina and the UK engaged in tense combat over control of the Falkland Islands. The ten weeks of fighting are often portrayed with a decidedly one-sided narrative: either heroic Argentine pilots relentlessly pressing home their attacks, or the Sea Harrier force utterly dominating its Argentine enemies. In Air Power in the Falklands Conflict, RAF veteran John Shields presents a detailed and even-handed analysis of the Falkland Islands air war. As an RAF officer, John Shields spent two and a half years in the Falklands as an air defense navigator. Using recently released primary source material, Shields looks at the air campaign at the operational level. He develops a considered view of what should have occurred, and contrasts it with what actually happened. In so doing, John Shields has produced a comprehensive account of the air campaign that has demolished many of the enduring myths of this Cold War conflict.

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Air World

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139900753X

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British Armour in the Normandy Campaign

By: John Buckley

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British Armour in the Normandy Campaign

By: John Buckley

The popular perception of the performance of British armour in the Normandy campaign of 1944 is one of failure and frustration. Despite overwhelming superiority in numbers, Montgomery's repeated efforts to employ his armour in an offensive manner ended in a disappointing stalemate.

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Routledge

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1135774005

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Maritime Strike

The Untold Story of the Royal Navy Task Group Off Libya in 2011

By: John Kingwell

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Maritime Strike

The Untold Story of the Royal Navy Task Group Off Libya in 2011

By: John Kingwell

Leadership under pressure: the personal account of the commander of the Royal Naval Task Group deployed to Libya in 2011. In April 2011, the newly created Royal Navy Response Force Task Group deployed to the Mediterranean to provide a range of military options in response to the Arab Spring. For the next six months the group planned and prepared for a range of potential operations including noncombatant evacuations from Libya, Yemen and Syria, maritime interdiction operations off the Libyan coast, and amphibious landings. On 3 June the group began launching attack helicopter strikes into Libya and in the nights that followed planned 47 and executed 22 strikes destroying a range of targets including: 54 vehicles, 2 rigid hull boats, 2 BM 21 rocket launchers, 4 main battle tanks, 1 zsu antiaircraft vehicle and 3 command and control nodes. The operation saw the first operational use of Apaches from the sea and the first embarkation of US Army combat search and rescue teams and Blackhawk helicopters in an RN warship. This is a personal account by the Group’s Commander, which brings to life the challenges of command – including authorizing strikes and mitigating risk to UK aircrew – in a complex and challenging environment. It reveals how closely the RN Group worked with its French counterpart, the support provided by the United States, together with the complexity of working alongside NATO and of simultaneously dealing with a range of UK authorities. This is a story of leadership under pressure and the remarkable professionalism of all involved and the bravery of Army aircrew. It was modern defense and joinery at its best – British Army and USAF helicopters operating from RN ships, supported by Fleet Air Arm aircraft and fixed wing jets as part of a largely air campaign.

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Casemate

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163624114X

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Fighting for Fallujah

A New Dawn for Iraq

By: John R. Ballard

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Fighting for Fallujah

A New Dawn for Iraq

By: John R. Ballard

The vicious urban battle for the insurgent-controlled city of Fallujah in November 2004 was a turning point in the ongoing counterinsurgency campaign in Iraq. It demonstrated the resolve of the Iraqi government to fight terrorists domestically, using both multinational and Iraqi forces, and its results included a returning population willing to vote in national elections held in January 2005. Ballard tells the story of the Fallujah campaign, beginning with the horrific deaths of the American Blackwater contractors in March 2004, and continuing through the battle, the painstaking reconstruction of the city, and the precedent-setting elections that followed. Based on first-person accounts, interviews, and official documents, this book gives readers rare insight into the significant actions and innovative techniques of the year-long fight for the city. Opening with a historical overview of the initial crisis in Fallujah and the similar coalition battle in Najaf, the book includes a detailed account of the planning and execution of the operation to retake the city. Finally, it describes the political and military lessons proven in Fallujah, including coalition force integration, information operations, urban combat techniques, interagency coordination and innovative reconstruction procedures. This is the story of real combat in Iraq—told in a way every American should understand.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313080917

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The Tank Debate

Armour and the Anglo-American Military Tradition

By: John Stone

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The Tank Debate

Armour and the Anglo-American Military Tradition

By: John Stone

In The Tank Debate, John Stone highlights the equivocal position that armour has traditionally occupied in Anglo-American thought, and explains why - despite frequent predictions to the contrary - the tank has remained an important instrument of war. This book provides a timely and provocative study of the tank's developmental history, against the changing background of Anglo-American military thought.

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Routledge

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1134432976

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General Hastings Pug Ismay

Soldier, Statesman, Diplomat: A New Biography

By: JOHN. KISZELY

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General Hastings Pug Ismay

Soldier, Statesman, Diplomat: A New Biography

By: JOHN. KISZELY

A biography of the unsung general at Churchill's side throughout the Second World War, instrumental in events from Indian independence to the founding of NATO.

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Oxford University Press

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0197778135

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Post-Modern Challenges for Modern Warriors

By: John Kiszely

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Post-Modern Challenges for Modern Warriors

By: John Kiszely

This paper examines the challenges presented to modern warriors by changes in contemporary warfare, and argues that while some of these challenge have been or are being overcome, there are others, particularly those associated with military education and culture, which have yet to be fully recognized, let alone met, and which will require to be so if modern warriors are to be a match for tomorrow's warfare" -- p. 5.

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Book's by John Kiszely

Anatomy of a Campaign

Anatomy of a Campaign

General Hastings 'Pug' Ismay

General Hastings 'Pug' Ismay

Anatomy of a Campaign

Anatomy of a Campaign

The Battle for Health

The Battle for Health

Air Power in the Falklands Conflict

Air Power in the Falklands Conflict

British Armour in the Normandy Campaign

British Armour in the Normandy Campaign

Maritime Strike

Maritime Strike

Fighting for Fallujah

Fighting for Fallujah

The Tank Debate

The Tank Debate

General Hastings Pug Ismay

General Hastings Pug Ismay

Post-Modern Challenges for Modern Warriors

Post-Modern Challenges for Modern Warriors

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