Publisher's Synopsis
The epic story of Britain's army from the end of the Boer war through the First and Second World War to the crisis in Bosnia. Field Marshal Lord Carver moves from an insightful analysis of the tactics of its leaders to eyewitness accounts from the battlefront, vividly portraying the British soldier's role in the great campaigns and battles of this tumultuous century.
'By any reckoning a masterly book.' The Spectator
'What makes this book particularly readable is the liberal use of previously unpublished first-person accounts . . . the narrative manages to strike a balance between detail and generalization without pulling its punches.' Sunday Telegraph
