| Author: | Major General John Joseph Murray, DSO & Bar, MC, VD | ISBN: | 9781921941214 |
| Publisher: | Big Sky Publishing | Publication: | August 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Major General John Joseph Murray, DSO & Bar, MC, VD |
| ISBN: | 9781921941214 |
| Publisher: | Big Sky Publishing |
| Publication: | August 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
I Confess is an intimate portrayal of command in the crucible of war. But Major General John Joseph Murrays portrait of wartime leadership is not the stuff of military textbooks and his war is no set-piece battle. Murray commanded the Australian 20th Brigade during the siege of Tobruk that grinding tortuous desert defence that saw the German forces label his men rats a badge they have worn since with pride and honour. Murrays account as he explains in the humorous deprecating whimsy that characteriseshis memoir is not a story of raging battles and hardfought actions but of the essence of command. This is a portrait of the relationship Murray forges with his men through the long days of the siege against a relentless enemy and as supplies dwindle tempers fray and exhaustion threatens. Written in April 1945 as the war entered its final phase I Confess is a carefully crafted analysis of leadership under pressure a very personal reflection on its stresses its tragedies and its lifelong rewards.
I Confess is an intimate portrayal of command in the crucible of war. But Major General John Joseph Murrays portrait of wartime leadership is not the stuff of military textbooks and his war is no set-piece battle. Murray commanded the Australian 20th Brigade during the siege of Tobruk that grinding tortuous desert defence that saw the German forces label his men rats a badge they have worn since with pride and honour. Murrays account as he explains in the humorous deprecating whimsy that characteriseshis memoir is not a story of raging battles and hardfought actions but of the essence of command. This is a portrait of the relationship Murray forges with his men through the long days of the siege against a relentless enemy and as supplies dwindle tempers fray and exhaustion threatens. Written in April 1945 as the war entered its final phase I Confess is a carefully crafted analysis of leadership under pressure a very personal reflection on its stresses its tragedies and its lifelong rewards.
