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Montgomery: Unbeatable, Unbearable: The story of Britain’s most talented and feared WW2 general

Montgomery: Unbeatable, Unbearable: The story of Britain’s most talented and feared WW2 general


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'Mead significantly expands our understanding of Montgomery himself, his motivation and his genius' GENERAL LORD RICHARD DANNATT
'Deeply researched, highly insightful... Contains all anyone needs to know about Britain's most consequential soldier of the Second World War' ANDREW ROBERTS

Known to all as ‘Monty’, Bernard Law Montgomery’s greatest achievement was to give the British Army self-belief after Dunkirk, ensuring that his troops were inspired to embark on the long struggle to defeat Nazi Germany and its allies. The self-proclaimed ‘cad’ of the army would regularly tour his forces to talk to them in person, but employed disastrously outdated tactics in the Second World War. Yet he still secured famous wins in North Africa, most notably in the second Battle of El-Alamein. He followed that by leading his troops into Europe, first by invading Italy in September 1943 and then commanding the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944. However, his strategy for the Battle of Arnhem proved a costly failure.

No other general was so hated by his peers; no other general was held in such affection by the ordinary ranks and by the public. Now, fifty years since his death, Montgomery remains a highly controversial figure. This balanced, accessible and fresh account of one of Britain’s most complex war heroes looks beyond the battlefield. Delving into Montgomery’s belligerent Victorian boyhood, his family’s legacy of financial precariousness, his love-hate relationship with Winston Churchill and his dubious romances, Gary Mead asks what life experiences and personal secrets influenced this man’s volcanic emotional life and, ultimately, his multifaceted and disputed legacy.

Definitive and profound, Montgomery: Unbeatable, Unbearable captures the motives, spirit and psychological complexities of the man dubbed Britain’s last great soldier.



About the Author :
Gary Mead studied at the University of Newcastle before becoming a journalist for the New Statesman, Observer, Financial Times and BBC World Service. He has also worked for the World Gold Council and in Washington, DC. He is the author three previous books on military history.

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Unbeatable and unbearable he might have been, but this new biography is also deeply uncomfortable for those who greatly admire this remarkable General - but Gary Mead significantly expands our understanding of Montgomery himself, his motivation and his genius This brilliant book – the best written about Monty – shows how profound flaws that would have condemned a lesser general were used to turn him into precisely the commander that Britain needed. Deeply-researched, highly insightful and extremely well written, this book contains all anyone needs to know about Britain’s most consequential soldier of the Second World War A serious, thorough and compelling book A very entertaining read…if this biography succeeds in refreshing the image of Britain’s foremost general of the Second World War, that is a worthwhile endeavour


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781408878583
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Height: 236 mm
  • No of Pages: 352
  • Sub Title: The story of Britain’s most talented and feared WW2 general
  • Width: 154 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1408878585
  • Publisher Date: 04 Jun 2026
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 38 mm
  • Weight: 528 gr


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