A Study in Leadership

Auteur

Simon Doughty was commissioned into The Life Guards in 1976 and retired from the army in 2009. He is a graduate of War Studies at King's College London and is a member of the British Commission for Military History, the Society of Army Historical Research and the Army Records Society. As a battlefield guide, he has worked for Holts Battlefield & History Tours and occasionally takes friends on visits to First and Second World War battlefields. He is the editor of The Guards Magazine and the author of The Guards Came Through; The Guards Regiments in The Great War.

Texte du rabat

This book examines the life of a regimental soldier who lacked personal ambition and yet became the professional head of the Army 100 years ago.