Blamey: The Biography Of Field-Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few figures in Australian military history are as commanding — or as controversial — as Field-Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey, and John Hetherington's Blamey: The Biography of Field-Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey stands as the definitive account of his remarkable life. Rising from humble origins to become the only Australian ever appointed to the rank of Field-Marshal, Blamey's career spans the brutal campaigns of Gallipoli and the Western Front in WWI through to his pivotal command of Allied Land Forces in the South-West Pacific during WWII, where he directed the gruelling New Guinea campaign against Imperial Japan under the supreme command of General Douglas MacArthur. Hetherington, a distinguished Australian journalist and biographer, chronicles his subject with unflinching honesty, presenting both the military genius and the deeply flawed man — a commander who inspired fierce loyalty and equally fierce criticism. Written with the authority of meticulous research and the narrative drive of a seasoned storyteller, the biography illuminates the broader story of Australia's coming-of-age as a military nation on the world stage. Whether Blamey deserves his place among history's great commanders or remains a figure diminished by controversy, Hetherington's portrait leaves that question tantalisingly unresolved.
Author: John Hetherington
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few figures in Australian military history are as commanding — or as controversial — as Field-Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey, and John Hetherington's Blamey: The Biography of Field-Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey stands as the definitive account of his remarkable life. Rising from humble origins to become the only Australian ever appointed to the rank of Field-Marshal, Blamey's career spans the brutal campaigns of Gallipoli and the Western Front in WWI through to his pivotal command of Allied Land Forces in the South-West Pacific during WWII, where he directed the gruelling New Guinea campaign against Imperial Japan under the supreme command of General Douglas MacArthur. Hetherington, a distinguished Australian journalist and biographer, chronicles his subject with unflinching honesty, presenting both the military genius and the deeply flawed man — a commander who inspired fierce loyalty and equally fierce criticism. Written with the authority of meticulous research and the narrative drive of a seasoned storyteller, the biography illuminates the broader story of Australia's coming-of-age as a military nation on the world stage. Whether Blamey deserves his place among history's great commanders or remains a figure diminished by controversy, Hetherington's portrait leaves that question tantalisingly unresolved.