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Mountbatten - Apprentice War Lord (Hardcover)
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Mountbatten - Apprentice War Lord (Hardcover)
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Was he a far-sighted war hero, or an ambitious networker promoted
well above his natural talent? Admired as a modernising chief of
staff, a timely decoloniser, and a genuine player on the world
stage, Mountbatten nevertheless continues to attract fierce
criticism. In this timely new biography, Adrian Smith offers a
fresh and convincing perspective, depicting Mountbatten as a
quintessentially modern, highly professional figure within the
Royal Navy, and at Combined Operations and SE Asia Command, a
hands-on officer who enthusiastically embraced new technology;
someone who, although an aristocrat, was by instinct a progressive,
innovative in his approach to man management. Smith brings
Mountbatten to life, acknowledging the essential qualities as well
as the obvious weaknesses. Beneath the rich, vain, often ruthless,
embodiment of power and privilege could be found a very human, even
vulnerable, character - the complex personality of a pivotal figure
in the history of twentieth-century Britain and her empire.
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