Peace, War and Whitehall

A Memoir

Peace, War and Whitehall cover

Peace, War and Whitehall

A Memoir

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Lord Guthrie joined the British Army in 1959, when Britain's influence was shrinking around the world, and he left in 2001 when that influence was once again expanding. Throughout his career he has served in Aden, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Kenya, Germany, UK and the New Hebrides.
As a senior officer, he was General Officer Commanding 1st British Corps when the Soviet Union collapsed and the Cold War ended. Subsequently, he was instrumental in bringing Eastern European countries into NATO as part of Partnership for Peace. When Chief of the General Staff He was closely involved in the Northern Ireland peace process, as well as being responsible for the British Army's involvement in the UN and NATO operations in Bosnia, and as Chief of the Defence Staff he oversaw Britain's military role in the wars in Kosovo and Sierra Leone. He oversaw the modernization of the Army following the Cold War years and shaped the way the Army operated, updating doctrine from the plains of North Germany and the streets of Northern Ireland to the conflicts in the Balkans and Sierra Leone. He retired from the Army as Chief of Defence Staff in 2001, before the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Table of Contents

Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales
Preface by Major General Richard Stanford CB MBE, Regimental Lieutenant Colonel, Welsh Guards
Prologue: The Aden Emergency 1963–67
Chapter 1: Harrow
Chapter 2: The Welsh Guards
Chapter 3: Aden
Chapter 4: The SAS
Chapter 5: Germany
Chapter 6: Belfast
Chapter 7: Military Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff
Chapter 8: Cyprus
Chapter 9: Brigade Major, The Household Division
Chapter 10: Commanding the Welsh Guards
Chapter 11: South Armagh
Chapter 12: The Coconut War
Chapter 13: Commander, 4th Armoured Brigade
Chapter 14: Sport
Chapter 15: Reflections on Command
Chapter 16: Kate
Chapter 17: Commander-in-Chief, British Army on the Rhine
Chapter 18: Chief of the General Staff
Chapter 19: Gold Stick, Colonel of The Life Guards
Chapter 20: Chief of the Defence Staff
Chapter 21: The Hinterland
Epilogue

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Published 05 Jan 2022
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 288
ISBN 9781472852328
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Dimensions 234 x 153 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Charles Guthrie

Field Marshal the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB…

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