Mountbatten : apprentice war lord /

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Author / Creator:	Smith, Adrian, 1952-
Imprint:	London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 384 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Language:	English
Subject:	Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, -- Earl, -- 1900-1979. Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, -- Earl, -- 1900-1979. Admirals -- Great Britain -- Biography. Viceroys -- India -- Biography. Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography. Admirals. Nobility. Viceroys. Great Britain. India. Electronic books. Biographies. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12481040

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ISBN:	9781441676719 1441676716 9780857714923 0857714929 9781848853744 1848853742
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	"Bibliography and filmography": pages 363-376. Print version record.
Summary:	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 aristocra.
Other form:	Print version: Smith, Adrian, 1952- Mountbatten. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 9781848853744
Standard no.:	9786612881985

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