Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives - Peter Caddick-Adams
Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives is a fascinating book in many ways. I must admit I have a bit of a thing for Monty or to give him his full title: Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL. Having read his autobiography, and yes some of it you must step back from, I find him a complex interesting person who lived an interesting live. Of Rommel or General Field Marshall Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel I know less but an intriguing character all the same. In this book Peter Caddick-Adams draws together the comparative biographies, into one book of each of these key generals from 2 World War. The author explores the lives of both Monty and Rommel from their upbringing and experiences in The Great War, to their personal development in the interwar years and their impact in 2 World War. The parallel lives they lead and their differing and similar philosophies. These two m...