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Peace, War and Whitehall - A Memoir (Hardcover)
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Peace, War and Whitehall - A Memoir (Hardcover)
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'Charles Guthrie has been one of Britain's foremost soldiers as
well as a terrific personality throughout his remarkable life. It
is great that he is now telling his own story.' - Sir Max Hastings
Field Marshal the Lord Guthrie commanded at every level in the
British Army from platoon to army group, and was Britain's senior
military commander at a time of great change. He oversaw the
modernization of the armed forces following the Cold War years and
led Britain's military involvement in operations in the Balkans and
Sierra Leone. Charles Guthrie was commissioned into the British
Army in 1959 at a time when Britain's influence was shrinking
throughout the world, and Peace, War and Whitehall describes his
operational experience with both the Welsh Guards and 22 SAS in
Aden, Malaya, East Africa, Cyprus and Northern Ireland. As a senior
officer he commanded the Welsh Guards during an operational tour of
the Bandit Country of South Armagh at the height of the Troubles,
before leading an armoured brigade in Germany in the midst of the
Cold War, and eventually being appointed Commander-in-Chief of the
British Army of the Rhine and Northern Army Group as the Cold War
ended and the former Yugoslavia began to disintegrate into savage
internecine warfare. Peace, War and Whitehall details Lord
Guthrie's extraordinary career from a young platoon commander
through to Chief of the Defence Staff.
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