Derek Law's Bibliography

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Entry Text: BRYANT, Arthur. The Turn of the Tide 1939–1943: A Study Based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal the Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, OM. 766p., illus., index. London: Collins; Garden City: Doubleday, 1957.

Lord Alanbrooke began the war in command of II Corp of the BEF, became C-in-C Home Forces then CIGS. He became one of Churchill's closest advisors and this book is therefore concerned with the strategy and higher direction of the war.