{"product_id":"wavell-soldier-and-statesman","title":"Wavell - Soldier and Statesman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 597\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCategory:\u003c\/strong\u003e Politics Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product attribute overview\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"value\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField Marshal the Earl Wavell was one of Britain’s greatest military leaders of the Second World War and, as Viceroy of India, a remarkable statesman. With extraordinary resilience he faced triumph and disaster in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Wavell’s appointment as Viceroy of India was even more challenging, as he began its arduous move to Independence. Yet behind such distinction lay an enigmatic man also celebrated for his unexpected silences, his prolific memory and his love of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVictoria Schofield has written extensively on South Asia. In this book she combines a lifelong interest in military history with her detailed knowledge of the subcontinent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA worthy tribute to a great man—\u003cstrong\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWell written and based on detailed research—\u003cstrong\u003eBBC History Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLike its subject, this biography is not interested in superficial flamboyance but its solid virtues of wide-ranging research and intellectual rigour soon become apparent.—\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sunday Times, 30 January 2007\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product attribute shead\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"type\"\u003eAuthor Description\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"value\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVictoria Schofield\u003c\/strong\u003e is a frequent commentator on BBC World TV, the BBC World Service and other news outlets. She has written primarily on South Asia for British newspapers as well as for \u003cem\u003eAsian Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs.\u003c\/em\u003e She has an MA (Hons) degree in Modern History, having attended Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She was President of the Oxford Union in 1977 and the Visiting Alistair Horne Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford 2004–5. She is an Associate of the Pakistan Security Research Unit (PSRU), University of Durham.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer other publications include the highly acclaimed \u003cem\u003eKashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAfghan Frontier: At the Crossroads of Conflict\u003c\/em\u003e. Schofield is also the editor of \u003cem\u003eOld Roads, New Highways\u003c\/em\u003e. She has just completed writing the official history of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) in two volumes (2012 \u0026amp; 2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Victoria Schofield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52895425659111,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/2489\/2647\/files\/wavell-soldier-and-statesman.jpg?v=1792699843","url":"https:\/\/bookshaven.shop\/products\/wavell-soldier-and-statesman","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}