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05-05-2004, 07:59 PM
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| Senior Member   Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Born in Germany, French citizen and living in Mexico...
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 | Does anyone know of a good biography of Field marshal Alexander of Tunis? I need it quite urgently, for my novel's research. And as it is kind of a British-biased forum, I think I'll ask here! :P
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06-05-2004, 11:53 AM
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| For Field Marshal Alexander's war service a good book to read is by Rupert Clark, his ADC during the war, it's called 'With Alex At War', ISBN 0850527171, and it's published by Pen & Sword, you might well be able to get one from their website Rod |
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08-05-2004, 09:57 AM
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| There's a book called 'Alexander of Tunis' from the early 1970's I got from the Library a couple of years ago that covers all his military service including his time in the Baltic commanding German troops. It was written by a chap called WGF Jackson Cheers Adam
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09-05-2004, 09:14 PM
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Genaral Sir William Jackson was a WW2 veteran, having served in Norway, N Africa, Italy (winnng a bar to MC at Cassino) and was on the staffs of both Alexander and Eisenhower. He retired from the Army in 1978 and joined the Historical Section of the Cabinet Office. In view of the fact that he was on Alex's staff, it would be interesting to see how his viewpoint would compare with a more recent writer using full access to archival material released since 1971. | |
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