Park: The Biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, GCB, KBE, MC, DFC, DCLGrub Street Publishers, 28 серп. 2002 р. - 320 стор. “A fine biography of one of the war’s greatest unsung heroes,” Royal Air Force Commander Keith Park (The Daily Telegraph). “If ever any one man won the Battle of Britain, he did. I don’t believe it is realized how much that one man, with his leadership, his calm judgement and his skill, did to save not only this country, but the world.” So wrote Marshal of the RAF Lord Tedder of Keith Park in 1947. As commander of No. 11 Group, RAF Fighter Command responsible for the air defense of London and southeast England, Park took charge of the day-to-day direction of the battle. In spotlighting his thoughts and actions during the crisis, this biography reveals a man whose unfailing energy, courage, and cool resourcefulness won not only supreme praise from Winston Churchill, but the lasting respect and admiration of all who served under him. Few officers in any of the services packed more action into their lives, and Park covers the whole of his career: youth in New Zealand, success as an ace fighter pilot in World War I, postings to South America and Egypt, the Battle of Britain, command of the RAF in Malta 1942–43, and finally Allied Air Commander-in-Chief of Southeast Asia under Mountbatten in 1945. His contribution to victory and peace was immense and this biography does much to shed light on the Big Wing controversy of 1940 and give insight into the war in Burma, 1945, and how the huge problems remaining after the war’s sudden end were dealt with. Drawn largely from unpublished sources and interviews with people who knew Park, and illustrated with maps and photographs, this is an authoritative biography of one of the world’s greatest unsung heroes. |
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1885 | |
1888 | |
1897 | |
1908 | |
The Hardest Time 19181926 | 1919 |
A Little Golden Age 19261934 | 11 |
South American Opportunity 19341936 | 11 |
PART TWO 19371940 | 1927 |
Malta Besieged 1942 | |
Malta Offensive 1943 | |
Egypt 1944 | |
The Winning Card 1945 | |
Troubled Days of Peace 19451946 | |
Paper Battles 19451951 | |
PART FOUR 19461975 | |
End of a Career 1946 | |
Preparing a Defence 19371940 | 1928 |
Dunkirk | 14 |
Meeting Them | 23 |
Big Wings | |
The Whirligig of Time | |
PART THREE 19411946 | |
Flying Training Command 1941 | |
Argentina Revisited 1947 | |
His First Best Country 19481975 | |
Straight and True | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
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