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Fighting General: The Public & Private Campaigns of General Sir Walter Walker
Fighting General is the story of General Sir Walter Walker, written by esteemed journalist and biographer Tom Pocock. A pioneer of jungle warfare and a brilliantly successful battalion and brigade commander, Walker was without equal in his field.
Born in 1912 in India, son of a military family, Walker attended Sandhurst and then embarked upon a stellar career that, until his last and most spectacular appointments, took place primarily in lands to the east of the Red Sea.
Returning to Europe in the mid-sixties, Walker became deputy chief-of-staff of allied forces in central Europe and later became commander-in-chief for northern Europe.
An outspoken critic of many in the political field, Walker fought vocally until the he died in 2001. In Fighting General Tom Pocock recounts the life and times of this extraordinary man, with verve and style.
Tom Pocock (1925–2007) has been described as the foremost authority on Nelson. He wrote eight books about the admiral and his time; his book Horatio Nelson was runner-up for the Whitbread Biography Award in 1987. He also wrote biographies of Captain Marryrat, Rider Haggard and Alan Moorhead, as well as several books documenting his own experiences as a war correspondent. Pocock was also a respected journalist, working for The Times , Daily Express and Evening Standard .
Born in 1912 in India, son of a military family, Walker attended Sandhurst and then embarked upon a stellar career that, until his last and most spectacular appointments, took place primarily in lands to the east of the Red Sea.
Returning to Europe in the mid-sixties, Walker became deputy chief-of-staff of allied forces in central Europe and later became commander-in-chief for northern Europe.
An outspoken critic of many in the political field, Walker fought vocally until the he died in 2001. In Fighting General Tom Pocock recounts the life and times of this extraordinary man, with verve and style.
Tom Pocock (1925–2007) has been described as the foremost authority on Nelson. He wrote eight books about the admiral and his time; his book Horatio Nelson was runner-up for the Whitbread Biography Award in 1987. He also wrote biographies of Captain Marryrat, Rider Haggard and Alan Moorhead, as well as several books documenting his own experiences as a war correspondent. Pocock was also a respected journalist, working for The Times , Daily Express and Evening Standard .
288 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1973
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Tom Pocock
45 books4 followersTom Pocock was the author of 18 books (and editor of two more), mostly biographies but including two about his experiences as a newspaper war correspondent.
Born in London in 1925 - the son of the novelist and educationist Guy Pocock - he was educated at Westminster School and Cheltenham College, joining the Royal Navy in 1943. He was at sea during the invasion of Normandy and, having suffered from ill-health, returned to civilian life and in 1945 became a war correspondent at the age of 19, the youngest of the Second World War.
After four years wth the Hulton Press current affairs magazine group, he moved to the Daily Mail as feature-writer and then Naval Correspondent, becoming Naval Correspondent of The Times in 1952. In 1956, he was a foreign corresponent and special writer for the Daily Express and from 1959 was on the staff of the Evening Standard,as feature writer,Defence Correspondent and war correspondent. For the last decade of his time on the Standard he was Travel Editor.
He wrote his first book, NELSON AND HIS WORLD in 1967 on his return from reporting the violence in Aden and his interest in Nelson has continued. Indeed, eight of his books are about the admiral and his contemporaries; his HORATIO NELSON was runner-up for the Whitbread Biography Award of 1987.
Tom Pocock has contributed to many magazines and appeared on television documentaries about Nelson and the subject of another of his biographies,the novelist and imperialist Sir Rider Haggard.
Born in London in 1925 - the son of the novelist and educationist Guy Pocock - he was educated at Westminster School and Cheltenham College, joining the Royal Navy in 1943. He was at sea during the invasion of Normandy and, having suffered from ill-health, returned to civilian life and in 1945 became a war correspondent at the age of 19, the youngest of the Second World War.
After four years wth the Hulton Press current affairs magazine group, he moved to the Daily Mail as feature-writer and then Naval Correspondent, becoming Naval Correspondent of The Times in 1952. In 1956, he was a foreign corresponent and special writer for the Daily Express and from 1959 was on the staff of the Evening Standard,as feature writer,Defence Correspondent and war correspondent. For the last decade of his time on the Standard he was Travel Editor.
He wrote his first book, NELSON AND HIS WORLD in 1967 on his return from reporting the violence in Aden and his interest in Nelson has continued. Indeed, eight of his books are about the admiral and his contemporaries; his HORATIO NELSON was runner-up for the Whitbread Biography Award of 1987.
Tom Pocock has contributed to many magazines and appeared on television documentaries about Nelson and the subject of another of his biographies,the novelist and imperialist Sir Rider Haggard.
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