PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - A very good military read
View Single Post
Old 30th Dec 2010, 18:09
  #303 (permalink)  
essdee
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: GOC
Posts: 32
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Gulf War One - Hugh McManners

This is the third time that Hugh McManners gets a mention in this thread, although on this occasion it is to recommend a book of his to avoid. While browsing in Waterstone's today I came across his latest tome and skimmed through it. In some ways it is a bit like de la Billiere's account of this conflict, in that it devotes one of its smallest chapters to the air war which presaged a mere 3 days (IIRC) of one-sided ground activity. But what really turned me off was reading supposed quotations from RAF personnel who were talking about the F3 Phantom! It makes you wonder how much else McManners didn't understand about what he was being told.
Avoid it unless you need to raise your blood pressure a bit.
essdee is offline