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

VICTORIA SCHOFIELD

Biographies & Memoirs

John Murray Publishers, Ltd.

Victoria Schofield's frantic phonecall to her husband was true: their three-storey Victorian house in west London had collapsed, a victim of the underpinning designed to make the house more stable. This is the humorous diary of the disaster.

House That Fell Down

John Murray

Every Rock, Every Hill: Plain Tale of the North-west Frontier and Afghanistan by Victoria Schofield.

Every Rock, Every Hill: The Plain Tale of the North-West Frontier and Afghanistan

History

Asia

Salem House Academic Division

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

B. B. Schofield

Pen and Sword Maritime

Why has the valley of Kashmir, famed for its beauty and tranquillity, become a major flashpoint, threatening the stability of a region of great strategic importance and challenging the integrity of the Indian state? This book examines the Kashmir conflict in its historical context, from the period when the valley was an independent kingdom right up to the struggles of the present day. Located on the borders of China, Central Asia and the Sub-Continent, the insurgency in the valley has also created serious tensions between India and Pakistan. Drawing upon research in India and Pakistan, as well as historical sources, this book traces the origins of the state in the 19th century and the controversial "sale" by the British of the predominantly Muslim valley to a Hindu Maharaja in 1846. Through an exploration of the implications for Kashmir of independence in 1947, it gives a critical account of why, for Kashmir, self-determination may seem a more attractive option than affiliation to a larger multi-racial whole.

Kashmir In The Crossfire

I.B.Tauris

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