“ Fascinating...clear and concise...important. It is hard to see this book being bettered in the near future. ”
Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph
“ Lucid, absorbing. ”
DAILY EXPRESS
“ Precise and profound. ”
THE TIMES
“ A compelling history of the British Army. ”
Emmanuelle Smith
“ Mallinson is surely right to stress the one enduring quality of the British Army: 'operational resilience' ”
Saul David, THE SPECTATOR
“ This is no mere paperback edition of Mallinson's acclaimed 2009 hardback. He presents a revised and updated version that no self-respecting defense commentator can risk being without. ”
THE TIMES
Paperback
9780553815405
May 15, 2011
Bantam
752 pages
EBook
9781409085812
September 1, 2010
Transworld Digital
752 pages