THE NORTH AFRICAN LANDINGS 1942: A STRATEGIC DECISION

by Sainsbury, Keith

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Davis-Poynter, London, (1976).. 215 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w maps. ISBN 0706701860 "...(examines) the long drawn-out arguments that raged between London and Washington, and especially those between Churchill and General Marshall, the US Army Chief of S. taff. (Sainsbury) has analysed the motives of both men, and in particular the question of the political motives wrongly attributed to Churchill, in his preference for Mediterranean operations, by some American historians. He considers the part . p l a yed by the British military leaders, General Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Field-Marshal Sir John Dill, the British military representative in Washington, and Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten, the Chief of Combined Ope. ra ti on s. He describes the effect of the pressure brought by Admiral Ernest King, the US Navy Chief, and General Douglas MacArthur for a 'Pacific First' strategy, and the Russian demands for an immediate invasion of North-West Europe. The author. te lls al so of the difficulties encountered by both the British and the Americans in their dealings with the Vichy leaders in North Africa, particularly Admiral Darlan and General Giraud, and the complications imposed by the conflicting Anglo-Ame. rica n po lici es towards General de Gaulle's Free French movement; of how Roosevelt and Churchill finally resolved the Anglo-American dispute in favour of the North African invasion; and concludes with an account of the campaign in Tunisia and of i. ts po litic al an d military consequences. This is a major study which will be required reading for all students of present-day international relations." Minor wrinkle at bottom of spine, very small bump to bottom edge of rear board. Dust jacket . has li ght ru bbing, minor browning to inside edges, very light edge wrinkling. VG+/VG+.

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