Intelligent Warfare
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Intelligent Warfare

The Memoirs of General Sir Frank Kitson GBE KCB MC and Bar DL

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Intelligent Warfare

The Memoirs of General Sir Frank Kitson GBE KCB MC and Bar DL

About this book

As this superb memoir bears out, General Sir Frank Kitson's 41-year career ranks among the most distinguished and eventful of the post-1945 era. Commissioned into the Rifle Brigade at the end of the Second World War, he distinguished himself during the vicious Mau Mau campaign. His highly innovative tactics and personal courage earned him his first Military Cross. The second quickly followed in Malaya at the height of the Emergency. In typically understated style, the Author describes his role planning the fight against communist aggression in Oman and his two tours in Cyprus, the second when commanding 1st Battalion The Royal Green Jackets. His effective uncompromising approach while commanding 39 Infantry Brigade in Belfast in the early 1970s was to have life-long security implications for Kitson and his family. Despite controversy he was marked out for high command. As GOC 2nd Armoured Division in BAOR and Commandant of The Staff College, his forensic brain and experience made a significant impact at a time of change. His final appointment was Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces. How fortunate that this gifted, gallant and inspiring leader was persuaded by his ever-supportive wife Elizabeth to record his career and military thinking, albeit on the condition it would only be published after his death. The result is a highly readable, wide-ranging work which will appeal to all interested in late 20th Century military history.

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Information

Publisher
Pen and Sword
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781036122935
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Authorโ€™s Preface
  7. Foreword
  8. Chapter 1 Early Days 1944โ€“1953
  9. Chapter 2 Kenya: Finding the Way 1953โ€“1954
  10. Chapter 3 Kenya: Reaping the Harvest 1954โ€“1955
  11. Chapter 4 Malaya 1955โ€“1957
  12. Chapter 5 Widening Horizons: War Office and Oman 1958โ€“1961
  13. Chapter 6 America, Cyprus and the Ministry of Defence 1962โ€“1967
  14. Chapter 7 Battalion Command: Royal Green Jackets 1967โ€“1969
  15. Chapter 8 Northern Ireland: From Protest to Insurgency 1969โ€“1971
  16. Chapter 9 Northern Ireland: Insurgency and Internment 1971โ€“1972
  17. Chapter 10 The School of Infantry and RCDS 1972โ€“1975
  18. Chapter 11 2nd Armoured Division and Staff College 1976โ€“1980
  19. Chapter 12 High Command 1980โ€“1985
  20. Epilogue
  21. Plates