El Alamein and the Desert War

The list author says:
	"Powerful corrective to Churchill’s claim that before El Alamein there were no victories, and an iconoclastic assault on Montgomery’s reputation as the man solely responsible for turning things round."

The list author says:
	"Very detailed but very readable account of the fighting at El Alamein - strong on technical aspects of the battles."

The list author says:
	"Journalistic account of the war in the desert from beginning to end – no bad thing, given the journalist was perhaps the finest war correspondent of his generation."

The list author says:
	"Shorter and more focused that Barr's Pendulum of War - one reviewer described it as 'efficient', which in this case is a compliment"

The list author says:
	"Strong narrative history - a good place to start."

The list author says:
	"Battles look entirely different to those taking part, as this vivid account of El Alamein demonstrates."

The list author says:
	"Hemmingway hero, discredited desert war strategist, later IRA sympathiser - a fascinating portrait of a man who paid the price for being cleverer than his contemporaries, and showing it."