Tedder : quietly in command / Vincent Orange ; foreword by Williamson Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orange, Vincent, 1935-2012.

Series:

Cass series--studies in air power ; 5.

Cass series--studies in air power, 1368-5597 ; no. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tedder, Arthur William Tedder, Baron, 1890-1967.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force--Biography.

Great Britain.

Marshals--Great Britain--Biography.

Marshals.

World War, 1939-1945--Biography.

World War, 1939-1945.

Local Subjects:

Tedder, Arthur William Tedder, Baron, 1890-1967.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 444 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Frank Cass, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Arthur Tedder became one of the most eminent figures of the Second World War: first as head of Anglo-American air forces in the Middle East, the Mediterranean and North Africa; then as Deputy Supreme Commander to General Eisenhower for the Allied campaign that began in Normandy and ended in Berlin. During those anxious, exhilarating years, he was, as The Times of London wrote, 'the most unstuffy of great commanders, who could be found sitting cross-legged, jacketless, pipe smoldering, answering questions on a desert airstrip.' After the war, promoted to five-star rank and elevated to the peerage as Lord Tedder, he was made Chief of the Air Staff, holding this appointment for longer than anyone since his time: four critical years (from 1946 to 1949) that saw the tragic start of the Cold War and the inspiring achievement of the Berlin Airlift. In 1950, he became Britain's NATO representative in Washington: a year that saw the start of a hot war in Korea that threatened to spread around the globe. In 'retirement', Tedder served as Chancellor of Cambridge University, Vice-Chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation's Board of Governors and Chairman of the Standard Motor Company. He also famously produced one of the most valuable memoirs of the Second World War. This book provides the first comprehensive account of a great commander's public career and uses hundreds of family letters to portray a private life, both joyful and tragic.

Contents:

pt. I. 1890 to 1914 : rising

pt. II. 1915 to 1919 : flying

pt. III. 1919 to 1940 : climbing

pt. IV. 1940 to 1943 : commanding in Cairo

pt. V. 1943 to 1944 : commanding in Algiers

pt. VI. 1943 to 1945 : commanding under Eisenhower

pt. VII. 1945 to 1949 : commanding the Royal Air Force

pt. VIII. 1950 to 1967 : giving and not counting the cost.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610076994

9781135776879

1135776873

9781280076992

1280076992

9780203501108

0203501101

9781135776886

1135776881

9780415652230

0415652235

OCLC:

475912735