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Slim : Unofficial History
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Douglas, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slim, William Joseph Slim, Viscount, 1891-1970.
- Slim, William Joseph Slim.
- Marshals--Great Britain--Biography.
- Marshals.
- Great Britain--History, Military--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Havertown : Pen and Sword, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Like most members of the professional military freemasonry, Slim came to admire ""all the soldiers of different races who have fought with me and most of those who have fought against me."" Among the most likable of his enemies were the Wazirs of India's Northwest Frontier. In 1920, Slim took part in a retaliatory raid on an obscure village. It was an unusually easy victory over the canny Wazirs, whom the British took by surprise and escaped from with scant loss. Afterwards, in the casual frontier way, the British sent a message to the Wazirs, expressing surprise at the enemy's unusually poor
- Contents:
- Also by; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; FOREWORD; Table of Contents; I - TIGRIS BANK; II - THE INCORRIGIBLE ROGUE; III - ELIZABETH SUCCEEDED HENRY; IV - AID TO THE CIVIL; V - STUDENT'S INTERLUDE; VI - COUNSEL OF FEARS; VII - IT PAYS TO BE BOLD; VIII - PERSIAN PATTERN; IX - CAVIAR TO THE GENERAL
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781783830428
- 1783830425
- OCLC:
- 865331031
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