Historian Sir John Wheeler-Bennett (1902–1975) was one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary political observers. Through an ability to make important connections, he became an authority on Germany in the interwar years and was acquainted with all the German hierarchy, including Hitler and Hindenburg. He was one of the last people to interview Trotsky, writing an important analysis of the Brest-Litovsk Treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union in 1917. As King George VI’s official biographer, he met and interviewed the major leaders of the postwar period, including Churchill, Coolidge, Truman, and members of the British Royal Family. A teacher at the universities of New York, Virginia, and Arizona, he also briefly supervised young Jack Kennedy’s master’s thesis at Harvard.
This first biography of Wheeler-Bennett will fascinate anyone interested in the great political figures of world history during the twentieth century.

Witness to History: The Life of John Wheeler-Bennett

Biographies & Memoirs

SCHOFIELD, Victoria

Arts & Literature

Yale University Press

Bhutto, trial and execution

Cassell

EVERY ROCK,EVERY HILL

History

Asia

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Archibald Wavell’s life and career makes a marvelous subject.  Not only did he reach the highest rank (Field Marshal) and become an Earl and Viceroy of India but his character was complex.  He joined the Black Watch in 1901.  He stood out during the Great War, quickly earning the Military Cross but losing an eye.  He was at Versailles in 1918 but between the Wars his career advanced with Brigade and General commands notably in Palestine where he spotted Orde Wingate.  By the outbreak of war he was GOC-in-C Middle East.  Early successes against the Italians turned into costly failures in Greece and Crete and Wavell lost the confidence of Churchill; their temperaments differed completely.  Wavell was sent to India as C-in-C.  After Pearl Harbor Wavell was made Supreme Allied Commander for the SW Pacific and bore responsibility for the humiliating loss of Singapore (he quickly recognized that it could not be held).  Problems in Burma tested Churchill’s patience and he was removed from command to be Viceroy and Governor General of India.  As civil unrest and demands for independence grew, in 1947 Prime Minister Attlee replaced Wavell with Mountbatten who oversaw Partition.  Wavell died in 1950, after a life of huge achievement tempered with many reverses, most of which were not of his making.

Wavell: Soldier and Statesman

John Murray Publishers, Ltd.

The valley of Kashmir continues to be a major flashpoint in South Asia, threatening the stability of a region of great strategic importance. This book, now in its fifth updated edition, examines the conflict over the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir - located on the borders of China and currently geographically de facto divided between India and Pakistan - in its historical context, from the period when the valley was an independent kingdom to the present day. As Schofield narrates, for over thirty years the insurgency in the Kashmir valley has provoked serious tensions between the two nuclear neighbours, with China now an interested player. Having conducted extensive research, she takes into account the hopes and fears of all protagonists - India, Pakistan and the people of Jammu and Kashmir who are themselves divided, not only by their linguistic and cultural traditions, but also in their objectives. With a new chapter covering recent developments - including the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian constitution by the BJP government in India in 2019 - this is the essential guide to what, in 1948, the United Nations called the 'India-Pakistan Question'.

Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War

I.B.Tauris

The Rescue Ships and the Convoys: Saving Lives During The Second World War

Schofield, Vice Admiral B.B.

Military

Pen and Sword Maritime

Historical

Pen and Sword Military

Originating as a group of men raised to keep "watch" over the Anglo-Scottish border, formed into a regiment in 1739 and named for the dark tartan of its soldiers' kilts, the Black Watch has fought in almost every major conflict of nation and empire between 1745 and the present day. Victoria Schofield recounts the modern history of the Black Watch from the Boer War onwards, tracing its service in two World Wars, the Korean war, Northern Ireland, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Drawing on diaries, letters, and memoirs, but also on interviews with living veterans, she weaves the multiple strands of the story into an epic narrative of a heroic body of officers and men over a century of history.

The Black Watch: Fighting in the Frontline 1899-2006

Europe

Head of Zeus

Formed into a regiment in 1739 and named for the dark tartan of its soldiers' kilts, The Black Watch has fought in almost every major conflict of nation and empire between 1745 and the present, and has a reputation second to none. Following on from The Highland Furies, in which she traced the regiment's history to 1899, Victoria Schofield tells the story of The Black Watch in the 20th and 21st centuries. She tracks its fortunes through the 2nd South African War, two World Wars, the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland and the war in Iraq - up to The Black Watch's merger with five other regiments to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland in 2006. Drawing on diaries, letters and interviews, Victoria Schofield weaves the many strands of the story into an epic narrative of a heroic body of officers and men. In her sure hands, the story of The Black Watch is no arid recitation of campaigns and battle honours, but a rewarding account of the fortunes of war of a regiment that has played a distinguished role in British, and world, history.

The Fragrance of Tears: My Friendship with Benazir Bhutto

A memoir of Victoria Schofield's thirty-year friendship with her Oxford contemporary, Benazir Bhutto. 
In the summer of 1978, Victoria Schofield travelled to Pakistan to join her friend Benazir Bhutto, whose father, the former Pakistani prime minister, was facing charges of treason following a military coup. In the fevered and desperate context of Bhutto's trial and subsequent execution, their university friendship grew into a deeper bond that would last a lifetime, ended only by Benazir's assassination in 2007. 
Schofield's memoir sheds light on the troubled recent history of a turbulent region, and affectionately charts Benazir's transformation from Oxford undergraduate to political activist, prisoner and one of the most charismatic and controversial figures in South Asian politics – a woman whose life and career were defined by tragedy.Praise for The Fragrance of Tears: 
'Sheds light on the human side of a courageous politician who could not escape her dynastic destiny' Financial Times 
'Abounds with behind-the-scenes gems' Spectator 
'The story of a remarkable woman, but not as history has already written it ... Could only have been written by someone like Victoria Schofield' Lyse Doucet, BBC Chief International Correspondent 
'Humanises Benazir, whose iconic political status has often obscured the human being' Literary Review 
'Beautifully written and deeply moving ... Schofield captures the person – dutiful daughter, erstwhile matchmaker, loyal friend, and, above all, courageous woman' Peter Galbraith

Apollo

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