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Captain Professor : A Life In War And Peace
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 Local Description2006, First edition. A fine, unmarked and unread copy in a fine, unclipped d/w. DescriptionAwarded the Military Cross in the Second World War, the author recounts how between battles he befriended the young film director Franco Zefirelli. His account of beating the Germans out of Italy with Bishop Simon Phipps and the ballet critic Richard Buckle is hilarious. This memoir gives insight into the history of Britain in the post war years. Author descriptionProfessor Sir Michael Howard OM MC was Regius Professor of History at Oxford and Professor of History at Yale University. Among his most celebrated books are The Oxford History of the 20th Century (1998) and Strategic Deception in WW2 (1990) Table of contents1. Introduction; 2. Wellington and Oxford; 3. The War Years; 4. Government Defence and Mrs Thatcher; 5. The Regius Professor; 6. Yale; 7. Later years. |
