Brian Horrocks (1895–1985)

Good reading. He was one of the key British arm generals during the second world war. This account is not overly deep, but is well written and provides useful insight and perspective. I actually was more drawn to his time as a POW during WW1 and subsequent deployment to Russia advising the White Russian army. Reccommended reading for history types.

A ripping tale of life and war from one of the best WWII British field generals, Horrocks is perhaps best known to American war film buffs as the Lt. Gen. (Edward Fox) who gives Lt. Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur (Michael Caine) and a roomful of other brass their marching orders in the 1977 epic A Bridge Too Far. But there was much more to Horrocks' life than the disastrous Operation Market-Garden; the book lives up to its title. Montgomery was an Autistic by comparison.