Mountbatten : apprentice war lord /
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| Author / Creator: | Smith, Adrian, 1952- |
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| 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 |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12481040 |
| Summary: | <p>A far-sighted war hero or an ambitious networker promoted above his talents? Deservedly celebrated as a naval officer and confidant of world leaders, nevertheless, for some, Mountbatten's talents remain questionable. In this timely new biography, Adrian Smith paints a different and convincing picture, of an essentially modern figure of a technocratic age, a nuts and bolts officer specialising in the technical branches of the Senior Service, and aristocrat perhaps, but devoted to professionalism and the lower deck. Smith brings Mountbatten to life and uncovers the essential qualities. Beneath the rich, aristocratic, pleasure-loving and privileged exterior there was a deeply human, even vulnerable but driven character -- and a pivotal figure in the imperial and military history of the twentieth century. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 384 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Bibliography: | "Bibliography and filmography": pages 363-376. |
| ISBN: | 9781441676719 1441676716 9780857714923 0857714929 9781848853744 1848853742 |