Blamey: The Commander-in-Chief
1998년 10월 · Allen & Unwin
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Blamey: The Commander-in-Chief is a new biography of Sir Thomas Blamey, the only Australian soldier to reach the rank of Field Marshal. Blamey was Australia's greatest and most important soldier, and a major figure in Australian history, despite his not being Australia's most accomplished battlefield commander, or a great innovator or reformer. He was not loved, admired or even respected by many of the soldiers he commanded and the politicians he worked for.
In the First World War Blamey was chief of staff to Sir John Monash. But his fame is due to his military achievements in the Second World War. He was Australia's top soldier for almost all of the war, commanding the Australian Imperial Force in the Middle East, and all of the Australian Army after Japan entered the war. He served Prime Ministers Robert Menzies and John Curtin, was a senior subordinate to the British Field Marshals Wavell, Wilson and Auchinleck in the Middle East, and worked directly under General Douglas MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific Area.
Blamey was a controversial figure. This study, based on extensive research, and drawing on the author's deep understanding of the Army and the Second World War, goes beyond the controversies to examine Blamey's achievements as a commander, policy-maker and administrator. It does not overlook Blamey's weaknesses, mistakes and human foibles, but seeks to balance these against an assessment of his performance when Australia faced its biggest challenge.
In the First World War Blamey was chief of staff to Sir John Monash. But his fame is due to his military achievements in the Second World War. He was Australia's top soldier for almost all of the war, commanding the Australian Imperial Force in the Middle East, and all of the Australian Army after Japan entered the war. He served Prime Ministers Robert Menzies and John Curtin, was a senior subordinate to the British Field Marshals Wavell, Wilson and Auchinleck in the Middle East, and worked directly under General Douglas MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific Area.
Blamey was a controversial figure. This study, based on extensive research, and drawing on the author's deep understanding of the Army and the Second World War, goes beyond the controversies to examine Blamey's achievements as a commander, policy-maker and administrator. It does not overlook Blamey's weaknesses, mistakes and human foibles, but seeks to balance these against an assessment of his performance when Australia faced its biggest challenge.
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David Horner is one of Australia's leading military historians and is a Senior Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, who served as an infantry platoon commander in vietnam, Colonel Horner is the author and editor of some twenty books on Australian military history, defence and strategy.
Dr Horner has been researching Blamey for some twenty years, and interviewed most of Blamey's senior subordinates, such as Generals Sir Frank Berryman, Sir Edmund Herring and Sir Sydney Rowell, before they died. He carried out research in Britain and the United States and visited most of Blamey's battlefields at Gallipoli and Borneo.
Dr Horner has been researching Blamey for some twenty years, and interviewed most of Blamey's senior subordinates, such as Generals Sir Frank Berryman, Sir Edmund Herring and Sir Sydney Rowell, before they died. He carried out research in Britain and the United States and visited most of Blamey's battlefields at Gallipoli and Borneo.
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