The Gordon Bennett Story: From Gallipoli To Singapore
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
One of Australia's most controversial military figures, General Gordon Bennett commanded the 8th Division during the catastrophic fall of Singapore in 1942 — and then made the fateful decision to escape, leaving his men behind as prisoners of war. Frank Legg's The Gordon Bennett Story chronicles the full arc of Bennett's remarkable and deeply contested life, tracing his journey from the blood-soaked beaches of Gallipoli in World War One through to the jungle warfare and ultimate humiliation of Singapore's surrender, an event Winston Churchill called the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history. Legg, a distinguished Australian journalist and broadcaster, presents a compelling and meticulously researched portrait of a man defined by both extraordinary courage and enduring controversy. The biography confronts the central moral question that haunted Bennett for the rest of his life: was his escape an act of pragmatic military duty or unconscionable desertion of his troops? Authoritative in its historical detail yet deeply human in its sympathies, this is a gripping account of one man's legacy caught between heroism and disgrace — and it leaves the final verdict tantalisingly open.
Author: Frank Legg
Format: Hardback
Published: 1965, Angus & Robertson
Genre: Australian history
Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
One of Australia's most controversial military figures, General Gordon Bennett commanded the 8th Division during the catastrophic fall of Singapore in 1942 — and then made the fateful decision to escape, leaving his men behind as prisoners of war. Frank Legg's The Gordon Bennett Story chronicles the full arc of Bennett's remarkable and deeply contested life, tracing his journey from the blood-soaked beaches of Gallipoli in World War One through to the jungle warfare and ultimate humiliation of Singapore's surrender, an event Winston Churchill called the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history. Legg, a distinguished Australian journalist and broadcaster, presents a compelling and meticulously researched portrait of a man defined by both extraordinary courage and enduring controversy. The biography confronts the central moral question that haunted Bennett for the rest of his life: was his escape an act of pragmatic military duty or unconscionable desertion of his troops? Authoritative in its historical detail yet deeply human in its sympathies, this is a gripping account of one man's legacy caught between heroism and disgrace — and it leaves the final verdict tantalisingly open.