The Other Desert War: British Special Forces in North Africa, 1940-1943

by John W. Gordon

Overview

Gordon's book reveals an impressive mastery of the archival and secondary sources available on the subject. His writing is crisp and interesting, yet sober and scholarly at the same time. The daring and resourceful men of the British desert forces have found a historian whose ability to tell their story matches their ability to create some of the most daring and imaginative operations of World War II. This is an extraordinary book about extraordinary soldiers. Military Review

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313252402
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/17/1987
Series:	Contributions in Military Studies , #56
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)
Lexile:	1570L (what's this?)

About the Author

JOHN W. GORDON is Professor of History at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Theodore Ropp
First Experiments: World War I
The Penetration of the Desert
The Formation of a Desert Special Force
First Missions: A "Huge Bluff" Played Out
Against the Germans
The "Raiding Partnership"
A "Daring Gamble" That Failed: The Raids on Tobruk, Benghazi, Jalo, and Barce
The "Road Watch" and the Verification of Ultra
The Last Act: A "Left Hook" Around the Mareth Line
Epilogue
Essay on Sources
Index