Richard Dannatt

'Do you realise that by the time you wake up in the morning twenty thousand men may have been killed?' - Winston Churchill to Clementine Churchill, 5 June 1944 2024 was both the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, and the 150th anniversary of the birth of Churchill himself. This book brings together General Lord Dannatt, one of...

A ground-breaking history of this global conflict including the errors and miscalculations made on both sides. Korea: War Without End examines the stand-off between East and West in Korea that ultimately defined the second half of the 20th century. It provides a critical analysis of the lack of preparation by the West for war; the results of the North Korean...

Do you realise that by the time you wake up in the morning twenty thousand men may have been killed? - Winston Churchill to Clementine Churchill, 5 June 1944 2024 marks both the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy and the 150th anniversary of the birth of Churchill himself. This book brings together General Lord Dannatt, one of...

‘A compelling history.’ – The Sunday Times ‘Thought-provoking.’ – The Spectator ‘Interesting and well-researched.’ – The Sunday Telegraph A compelling history of the decline of an army from the triumph of victory in 1918 to defeat in 1940 and why this happened. A salutary warning for modern Britain. The British Army won a convincing series of victories between 1916 and...