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To find an example of a full and successful, yet unconventional, military career, one need look no further than General 'Jim' Wilson. Always an outstanding sportsman, Jim found himself in the Rifle Brigade after Oxford just before the Second World War. His memoir concentrates on six of his major military endeavors; North Africa as a platoon commander followed by the long struggle up through Italy, both with the Rifle Brigade. After the war he was sent to India and became caught up in the momentous events of Partition, and in a position to comment on all the key political and military personalities. His career prospered and he was one of the first commanders of a major peacekeeping operation in Cyprus, again closely involved with leaders such as Archbishop Makarios.
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Kathy Powers
reviewed Unusual Undertakings: A Military Memoir on July 14, 2014
Unusual Undertakings: A Military Memoir
This is a truly excellent memoir. It is a unique account of WW11 told from the viewpoint of a French art historian whose acts of bravery and resistance eventually get her arrested. Despite deportation to Germany and two years in a slave labor camp, Humbert maintains her humanity, her sense of purpose, not to mention her sense of humor. After liberation Agnes is put in charge of the local German population (her organizing abilities and her personal strength are immediately apparent to the allies). She points a toy gun at the the German civilians and threatens them with it when they are reluctant to follow her orders. Then, she goes off giggling with her friend.
There are literary, artistic and intellectual allusions throughout the book. Some of them I had to look up. My GR friend Wendy wrote that this is a woman she would have loved to meet. I couldn't agree more.
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