Allan Mallinson

A major-general names the guilty men

Christopher Elliott’s High Command is a study of what’s wrong at the MoD, and an excellent primer for the Chilcot report

  • High Command: British Military Leadership in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

    Christopher L. Elliott

    Hurst, pp. 288

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