Alchemist of War: The Life of Basil Liddell Hart

Liddell Hart, no warrior, dwelt all his life on war. He obtained its waste, deplored its unreasonableness, but amended the classical dictum as one of his own-if you wish for peace understand war. Although his name is synonuymous w military thought and military controversy, throughout his life he appeared i succession of different guises. He was variously revered and reviled. He adv Lloyd George-among others-and antaginised Winston Churchill.