Mountbatten: Apprentice War Lord

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A far-sighted war hero or an ambitious networker promoted above his talents? Deservedly celebrated as a naval officer and confidant of world leaders, nevertheless, for some, Mountbatten's talents remain questionable. In this timely new biography, Adrian Smith paints a different and convincing picture, of an essentially modern figure of a technocratic age, a nuts and bolts officer specialising in the technical branches of the Senior Service, and aristocrat perhaps, but devoted to professionalism…

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Full title :Mountbatten : Apprentice War Lord.

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Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):I.B. Tauris
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:1282881981, 9781282881983, 9780857730879, 0857730878
oclc:ocn729030564
LC Classification:DA89.1
Dewey Decimal:941.082

Cover13; -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Part One: Dickie Mountbatten, Consul, Courtier, Charmer, and Chancer -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Lord Louis Mountbatten -- A Royal Parvenu? -- Part Two: Mountbatten at War, 1914-39 -- 3. The First World War and the 1920s -- 4. Fast-Tracking in the 1930s -- Part Three: Mountbatten at War, Flotilla Captain 1939-41 -- 5. HMS Kelly, 1939-40 -- 6. HMS Kelly, 1941 -- Part Four: Mountbatten at War, Chief of Combined Operations 1941-43 -- 7. From Adviser to Chief of Combined Operations, 1941-2 -- 8. The Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942 -- 9. Dieppe -- The Aftermath, the Inquest, and the Debate -- 10. The Steel Hand From the Sea -- Combined Operations at its Zenith -- 11. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography and Filmography -- Index.

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Admirals Admirals -- Biography. -- Great Britain Biographies Electronic resource Great Britain India Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten… Nobility Nobility -- Biography. -- Great Britain Viceroys Viceroys -- Biography. -- India