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Corps commanders : five British and Canadian generals at war, 1939-45 / Douglas E. Delaney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Delaney, Douglas E.
- Series:
- Studies in Canadian military history.
- Studies in Canadian military history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada. Canadian Army--Officers--Biography.
- Canada.
- Great Britain. Army--Officers--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- World War (1939-1945).
- Generals--Canada--Biography.
- Generals.
- Generals--Great Britain--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Canada--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (409 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver, B.C. : UBC Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Corps Commanders examines how five strikingly dissimilar British and Canadian generals fought battles and fit into the British Empire armies of the Second World War"--Amazon.ca.
- Contents:
- The actor : Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks
- Wit in want of will : Lieutenant-General E.L.M. Burns
- The quiet gentleman : General Sir John Crocker
- Wit with will to spare : Lieutenant-General Guy Granville Simonds
- The master bureaucrat ; General Charles Foulkes
- Observations and conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-24565-5
- 9786613245656
- 0-7748-2091-8
- OCLC:
- 756915361
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