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Baron Hastings Lionel Ismay Ismay

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Description:"I had known Ismay for many years, but now for the first timewe became hand in glove, and much more". This is what Churchill wrote in The Gathering Storm on the appointment of Major-General H. L. Ismay to a position as his staff officer and personal representative on the Chiefs of Staff Committee. The appointment was made on May 1st, 1940, when Churchill was still First Lord of the Admiralty. On May 10th he succeeded Chamberlain as Prime Minister, and Ismay's position at once became of the first importance. His functions were ill defined. He liked to call himself Churchill's "agent"; but he was very much more than that term usually implies. Out of his close association with the Prime Minister there grew a deep understanding and friendship. Accompanying him everywhere from blitzed areas in London to major conferences all over the world, or sharing with him his moments of relaxation after the heat of the day, Ismay had unique opportunities to observe the Colossus who was his master. The many sketches in these memoirs of the great man in action add up to a major full-length portrait.In 1925 Ismay was appointed Assistant Secretary to the Committee of Imperial defence. By the ubtreak of the Second World War he was very experienced indeed in committee work. The waging of total war in a democracy is a complex business: committees and conferences have to do their work, temperaments have to be reconciled and methods of implementing decisions arrived at. IT is this vital aspect of the war that lord Ismay's book illuminates, and it is likely to become the definitive work on the English machinery of war direction since the beginning of this century.As a peacemaker and mediator the author was a figure of great importance. "I used to pray", he writes, "that if ever we got involved in a major war again, the bitter animosities which had darkened counsel in the years 1914-18 would not recur". We know that there was no lack of potential friction between the Chiefs of Staff and their political masters in the Second World War. The fact that this friction remained largely potential was to a great extent the achievement of Ismay. In this respect, Lord Alanbrooke has written in Triumph of the West that we "cannot exaggerate the debt of gratitude we owe to 'Pug' Ismay".The book falls easily into three parts. Early years in India, Somaliland and Whitehall: the Second World War: and the post-war years. The post-war years take the author back to India—as the personally invited advisor to the Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, to share one of the most difficult tasks ever allotted to any administrator — the settlement of Partition. After its successful conclusion Lord Ismay crowned his career of public service as the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, where he strove to prevent a future war with the same energy as he had helped to win the past one.Pervading all his varied experiences was the rich sense of humour which enabled him to renew his vitality and that of those around him in days of almost intolerable strain. It is this sense of humour that makes his book of memoirs one of the most readable to have been published since the war.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoirs. 1960 [Leather Bound]. To get started finding Memoirs. 1960 [Leather Bound], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "I had known Ismay for many years, but now for the first timewe became hand in glove, and much more". This is what Churchill wrote in The Gathering Storm on the appointment of Major-General H. L. Ismay to a position as his staff officer and personal representative on the Chiefs of Staff Committee. The appointment was made on May 1st, 1940, when Churchill was still First Lord of the Admiralty. On May 10th he succeeded Chamberlain as Prime Minister, and Ismay's position at once became of the first importance. His functions were ill defined. He liked to call himself Churchill's "agent"; but he was very much more than that term usually implies. Out of his close association with the Prime Minister there grew a deep understanding and friendship. Accompanying him everywhere from blitzed areas in London to major conferences all over the world, or sharing with him his moments of relaxation after the heat of the day, Ismay had unique opportunities to observe the Colossus who was his master. The many sketches in these memoirs of the great man in action add up to a major full-length portrait.In 1925 Ismay was appointed Assistant Secretary to the Committee of Imperial defence. By the ubtreak of the Second World War he was very experienced indeed in committee work. The waging of total war in a democracy is a complex business: committees and conferences have to do their work, temperaments have to be reconciled and methods of implementing decisions arrived at. IT is this vital aspect of the war that lord Ismay's book illuminates, and it is likely to become the definitive work on the English machinery of war direction since the beginning of this century.As a peacemaker and mediator the author was a figure of great importance. "I used to pray", he writes, "that if ever we got involved in a major war again, the bitter animosities which had darkened counsel in the years 1914-18 would not recur". We know that there was no lack of potential friction between the Chiefs of Staff and their political masters in the Second World War. The fact that this friction remained largely potential was to a great extent the achievement of Ismay. In this respect, Lord Alanbrooke has written in Triumph of the West that we "cannot exaggerate the debt of gratitude we owe to 'Pug' Ismay".The book falls easily into three parts. Early years in India, Somaliland and Whitehall: the Second World War: and the post-war years. The post-war years take the author back to India—as the personally invited advisor to the Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, to share one of the most difficult tasks ever allotted to any administrator — the settlement of Partition. After its successful conclusion Lord Ismay crowned his career of public service as the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, where he strove to prevent a future war with the same energy as he had helped to win the past one.Pervading all his varied experiences was the rich sense of humour which enabled him to renew his vitality and that of those around him in days of almost intolerable strain. It is this sense of humour that makes his book of memoirs one of the most readable to have been published since the war.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoirs. 1960 [Leather Bound]. To get started finding Memoirs. 1960 [Leather Bound], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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