TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kennedy,John
AU  - Fergusson,Bernard
TI  - The business of war: the war narrative of Major-General Sir John Kennedy 
AV  - D811 K38
PY  - 1957///
CY  - London
PB  - Hutchinson
KW  - Kennedy, John
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Personal narratives, English
KW  - Tweede Wereldoorlog
KW  - gtt
KW  - nli
KW  - Personal narratives
KW  - English
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Uneasy peace, 1934-6 -- A year's respite, 1938-9 -- "A state of war exists", 1939 -- The Escaut line, 1939 -- A visit to France, 1939 -- Europe and the Middle East, 1939 -- A planner and his own petard, 1940 -- France falls, 1940 -- Director of Military Operations, 1940 -- Wavell's run of victories, 1940-1 -- The fateful Greek decision, 1941 -- The Greek reverse, 1941 -- Fireworks at Chequers, 1941 -- Wavell and the Prime Minister, 1941 -- Auchinleck relieves Wavell, 1941 -- Hitler turns east, 1941 -- Americans, Russians and Persians, 1941 -- A survey by Churchill, 1941 -- Brooke relieves Dill, 1941 -- Pearl Harbour and the Far East, 1941 -- Singapore and its aftermath, 1942 -- Striking a balance, 1942 -- Delays in the Middle East, 1942 -- "Lord Hankey will be after us", 1942 -- The fall of Tobruk, 1942 -- Alexander relieves Auchinleck, 1942 -- Preparations for "Torch", 1942 -- Alamein and French North Africa, 1942 -- Casablanca, 1943 -- Tunisia ends; Sicily begins, 1943 -- Planning for Italy, 1943 -- Strategy for Europe, and the wisdom of Smuts, 1943 -- Strategy for "Overlord", 1944 -- Two controversies, 1944 -- A visit to Montgomery, 1944 -- Strategy for Germany, 1944
N2  - The war narrative of Major-Gen. Sir John Kennedy - an inside account of the conception and carrying out of vital World War 2 military planning and frank intimate memoirs of the great leaders, both American and English. Ed. with a preface by B. Fergusson
ER  -