BOOKS: REVIEWS; Generals, Ten British Commanders Who Shaped The World, by Mark Urban, Faber and Faber,pounds 20.(Features) From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: November 19, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Reviewed by Stephen Harrison

BBC journalist Mark Urban, Diplomatic Editor of Newsnight, explicitly denies that any sense of post-imperial nostalgia impelled him to the writing of Generals, Ten British Commanders who Shaped the World.

Rather, he desires to study the impact on the wider world of some towering British military figures, looking in particular at how they operate within democratic constraints.

As well as more obvious subjects (Mon...

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