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A biography of Louis the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma It examines his long and distinguished career his wartime activites as Allied Chief of Combined Operations and his time as Viceroy and Governor General of India
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Chronicles the life of the man whose accomplishments included his appointment as one of the three Supreme Allied Commanders of World War II terms as last Viceroy and first GovernorGeneral of India
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A major figure behind his nephew Philips marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the royal family taking the Mountbatten name Dickie Mountbattens career included being Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War Two and the last Viceroy of India Once the richest woman in Britain and a playgirl who enjoyed numerous affairsEdwina Mountbatten emerged from World War Two as a magnetic and talented charity worker loved around the world From the prizewinning and bestselling historian Andrew Lownie comes a nuanced portrayal of two very unusual people and their complex marriage to mark the 40th anniversary of Lord Mountbattens assassination by the IRA From British high society and the South of France to the battlefields of Burma and the Viceroys House this is a rich and filmic story whose characters include all the key figures of the Second World War From Churchill and Montgomery to Roosevelt and Eisenhower the Royal Family including the Duke of Windsor George VI the Queen Prince Philip and Prince Charles to Charlie Chaplin Noel Coward Salvador Dali George Gershwin Grace Kelly and Merle Oberon
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Was he a farsighted war hero or an ambitious networker promoted well above his natural talent Admired as a modernising chief of staff a timely decoloniser and a genuine player on the world stage Mountbatten nevertheless continues to attract fierce criticism In this timely new biography Adrian Smith offers a fresh and convincing perspective depicting Mountbatten as a quintessentially modern highly professional figure within the Royal Navy and at Combined Operations and SE Asia Command a handson officer who enthusiastically embraced new technology someone who although an aristocrat was by instinct a progressive innovative in his approach to man management Smith brings Mountbatten to life acknowledging the essential qualities as well as the obvious weaknesses Beneath the rich vain often ruthless embodiment of power and privilege could be found a very human even vulnerable character the complex personality of a pivotal figure in the history of twentiethcentury Britain and her empire
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Stated 1st Perennial Library trade PB ed 1st printing full number line 1986 Massive bio of Queen Victorias greatgrandson one of WW IIs three Supreme Commanders and the last British Viceroy to India until his death by IRA terrorists
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Lord Louis Mountbatten accepted the Japanese surrender in 1945 was the last Viceroy of India and was murdered by the IRA Behind the public acclaim which his wartime achievements brought him he had vanity and a controversial lifestyle He had influential connections with the Royal Family but made many enemies including Winston Churchill who never forgave him for his part in giving away India while courtiers in the Royal Household disliked him for his arrogance and interference Both Mountbatten and his wife were widely known to have had numerous affairs but this was rarely spoken of outside their circle He was an egotistical man fascinated by Royalty and his own relationship to the Royal Family and delighted in being seen with celebrities His biographer Brian Hoey knew Mountbatten for ten years and interviewed him on radio and television Hoey talked to many in the Royal Household and also to Prince Philip Prince Michael of Kent and King Constantine of Greece about their memories of Mountbatten Both of Mountbattens daughters and his grandchildren also agreed to speak
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A major figure behind his nephew Philips marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the royal family taking the Mountbatten name Dickie Mountbattens career included being Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War Two and the last Viceroy of India Once the richest woman in Britain and a playgirl who enjoyed numerous affairs Edwina Mountbatten emerged from World War Two as a magnetic and talented charity worker loved around the worldFrom the prizewinning and bestselling historian Andrew Lownie comes a nuanced portrayal of two very unusual people and their complex marriage to mark the 40th anniversary of Lord Mountbattens assassination by the IRAFrom British high society and the South of France to the battlefields of Burma and the Viceroys House this is a rich and filmic story whose characters include all the key figures of the Second World War From Churchill and Montgomery to Roosevelt and Eisenhower the Royal Family including the Duke of Windsor George VI the Queen Prince Philip and Prince Charles to Charlie Chaplin Noel Coward Salvador Dali George Gershwin Grace Kelly and Merle OberonPraise for Stalins Englishman a Guardian Book of the Year Times Best Biography of the Year and Mail on Sunday Biography of the YearAn abundance of vivid detail a matchless and splendidly exciting read TimesComplicated revelatory a superb biography more riveting than a spy novel Sunday Telegraph
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Stilwell and Mountbatten in Burma explores the relationship between American General Joseph Vinegar Joe Stilwell and British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in the ChinaBurmaIndia Theater CBI and the South East Asia Command SEAC between October 1943 and October 1944 within the wider context of AngloAmerican relations during World War II Using original material from both British and American archives Jonathan Templin Ritter discusses the military political and diplomatic aspects of AngloAmerican cooperation the personalities involved and where British and American policies both converged and diverged over Southeast Asia Although much has been written about CBI Stilwell and China and Mountbatten no published comparison study has focused on the relationship between the two men during the twelvemonth period in which their careers overlappednbspThis book bridges the gap in the literature between Mountbattens earlier naval career and his later role as the last Viceroy of British India It also presents original archival material that explains why Stilwell was so antiBritish including his 1935 memorandum titled The British and his original margin notes to Mountbattens farewell letter to him in 1944 Finally it presents other original archival material that refutes previous books that have accused Stilwell of needlessly sacrificing the lives of his men during the 1944 North Burma Campaign merely out of hatred for the British
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When Edwina Ashley goddaughter of Edward VII came out in 1920 she was the most intriguing and intelligent of the debutantes of her day When her grandfather Sir Ernest Cassell died the following year she also became the richest In 1922 she married Louis Mountbatten and embarked upon a career that kept her in the public eye for the rest of her life Hitherto accounts of her life have seen her only as Mountbattens wife Janet Morgan with full cooperation from the family has set the record straight She discusses her glamorous years of parties and travels her numerous affairs and the way in which the war gave her great energy a focus She worked tirelessly for the Joint War Organization of the Red Cross and St Johns Ambulance After the Japanese surrender she toured the Southeast Asia prison camps organizing medical supplies and the return of POWs There follows the climax of the Mountbattens career their time in India as the Viceroy and Vicereine Janet Morgan is the first to have seen the correspondence between Edwina and Nehru and she makes full use of it to describe their important relationship the most intense of Edwinas life
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A biography of Edwina Mountbatten describes her childhood of luxury her marriage to Lord Mountbatten her extramarital affairs and her association with Nehru Churchill and others
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Stilwell and Mountbatten in Burma explores the relationship between American General Joseph Vinegar Joe Stilwell and British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in the ChinaBurmaIndia Theater CBI and the South East Asia Command SEAC between October 1943 and October 1944 within the wider context of AngloAmerican relations during World War II Using original material from both British and American archives Jonathan Templin Ritter discusses the military political and diplomatic aspects of AngloAmerican cooperation the personalities involved and where British and American policies both converged and diverged over Southeast Asia Although much has been written about CBI Stilwell and China and Mountbatten no published comparison study has focused on the relationship between the two men during the twelvemonth period in which their careers overlappednbspThis book bridges the gap in the literature between Mountbattens earlier naval career and his later role as the last Viceroy of British India It also presents original archival material that explains why Stilwell was so antiBritish including his 1935 memorandum titled The British and his original margin notes to Mountbattens farewell letter to him in 1944 Finally it presents other original archival material that refutes previous books that have accused Stilwell of needlessly sacrificing the lives of his men during the 1944 North Burma Campaign merely out of hatred for the British
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On August 19 1942 a mainly Canadian force left England in an attempt to seize the Germanoccupied French port of Dieppea mission that has been described as the largest raid in history The result was a complete disaster Here Brian Villa unravels all the complexities that led to it the political interests in both Britain and Canada the pressures placed on Churchill and the British Chiefs of Staff and especially the vagaries of Lord Louis Mountbatten who was ultimately responsible as Chief of Combined Operations As the first thorough examination of the disaster the book is an important contribution to the literature on World War II
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Tells the story of Lord Mountbattens experiences overseeing the transition of Indian from British rule to independence
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