Field Marshal Lord Montgomery predicted the rise of drone warfare... in 1954. (Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis/Getty Images) It might seem inconceivable that the use of drones in future battles would ...
TOP SECRET (373 pp.)—Ralph Ingersoll —Harcourt, Brace ($3). Field Marshal Montgomery, says Ralph Ingersoll (The Battle Is the Pay-Off), was not only “a very bad general” but also a “boor.” Supreme ...
THE MEMOIRS OF FIELD-MARSHAL MONTGOMERY (508 pp.)—Bernard Law Montgomery—World ($6). “Monkey” (his schoolboy name) Montgomery, who understandably likes to sign himself Montgomery of Alamein, has the ...
It might seem inconceivable that the use of drones in future battles would have come to the forefront of discussions of NATO strategy in the 1950s, but that is exactly what happened when Field Marshal ...