Tony Geraghty

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Rendezvous with Death

Artists & Writers in the Thick of It 1914-1918

Beschreibung

Artists and writers in the thick of it 1914-1918. From the celebrated author of "Who Dares Wins" comes this insight into The Great War service and sacrifice of Britain's finest creative talents. A very English story about the spring of English artistic creativity within the decade of WW1.

Autor

Tony Geraghty is author of the bestselling history of the Special Air Service Regiment, Who Dares Wins. A blitz kid during the Second World War, he was buried by a V1 flying bomb. Conscripted into the army, he saw active service with 16th Independent Parachute Brigade in Egypt, and became a sergeant. As The Sunday Times chief reporter and defence correspondent, he covered conflicts such as Northern Ireland, the Biafran War and in the Middle East. In 1981 he joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and saw active service during the First Gulf War, with RAF Nimrods on intelligence-gathering missions. He holds the United States medal for Meritorious Military Services and the UK Gulf Medal.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen & Sword Books
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9781473896536
• ISBN-10: 1473896533
• Artikelnr.: 48820685