Monty and Rommel

Parallel Lives

Prof. Peter Caddick-Adams, TD, VR, BA (Hons), PhD, FRHistS, FRGS, KJ

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English

Preface Publishing
01 July 2012

Biography: historical, political & military; History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War

Two men came to personify Allied and German generalship in the Second World War: Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel. They fought a series of extraordinary battles across several theaters of war that established them as two of the greatest generals of their age. Born four years apart, their lives were remarkably similar--from their shared provincial upbringings to each nearly dying in but emerging from the first World War with glowing war records. They would begin to fight each other as divisional commanders in 1940 and as they came to prominence, first in North Africa, then at the Normandy D-Day allied invasion. Caddick-Adams tracks and compares their military talents and personalities in battle. Monty and Rommel explores how each general was raised to power by their war leaders, Churchill and Hitler, and how the innovative military strategy and thought of both permeate down to today's armies.

By: Prof. Peter Caddick-Adams TD VR BA (Hons) PhD FRHistS FRGS KJ
Imprint: Preface Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 37mm
Weight: 467g
ISBN: 9781848091542
ISBN 10: 1848091540
Pages: 640
Publication Date: 01 July 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Caddick Adams is a Lecturer at Cranfield Military Academy specialising in military history and media operations working alongside Richard Holmes. His special areas of interest are battlefield history and he researches in Military Doctrine and Leadership. He has led over 200 visits to more than 50 battlefields around the world. He joined the Territorial Army in 1985 and served as a military media advisor in the rank of major until his recent retirement.

Reviews for Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives

A quite brilliant piece of writing. Here in a single volume we have a first-rate expose of two of the war's best known commanders... if Caddick-Adams were a landscape painter his book would be the equivalent of Monet, full of rich intriguing colours and patterns. The resultant effect is spectacular , and Caddick-Adams is to be congratulated on his achievement... a brilliant book written with passion and verve. <br>--Robert Lyman for BBC History Magazine Book of the Month <br> <br> Impressive... one of the best military histories of the year. <br>--Richard Holmes