Alchemist Of War: Basil Liddell Hart

Alchemist Of War: Basil Liddell Hart by Alex Danchev


ISBN
9780753808733
Published
Released
01 / 03 / 2000
Binding
Paperback
Pages
384
Dimensions
157 x 235 x 25mm

The Life Of Basil Liddell Hart

Liddell Hart, no warrior, dwelt all his life on war. He abominated its waste, deplored its unreasonableness, but amended the classical dictum as one of his own - if you wish for peace, understand war.

Although his name is synonymous with military thought and military controversy, throughout his career he appeared in a succession of different guises: chronicler, biographer, philosopher, epistoler, agitator, seer. He was variously revered and reviled. He advised Lloyd George, among others, and antagonized Winston Churchill. He befriended T E Lawrence. He was hailed as the Clausewitz of the twentieth century. He was "the Captain who taught Generals", the guru, the sage, the nonpareil. But his career was both frustrating and contradictory. He was out of place and out of favour in Britain for long periods, notably during the Second World War. And yet the Germans respected him, particularly Guderian and Rommel.

And there were other Liddell Harts. He was also an expert commentator on lawn tennis, and a leading authority on fashion - women's fashion. 'Alchemist of War: The Life of Basil Liddell Hart' is the first biography of the most innovative and influential military strategist of the twentieth century.
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