pp. 347 illusts. maps 1st edition #0920 Bennett, one of Australia’s bravest and noted leaders of the AIF in WWI and made Brigadier General (the youngest ever in any British army) with an outstanding reputation fell from grace in WW2 when he escaped from Singapore. For students of military history: did he do the right thing? Was he victimised? Despite a military inquiry and a Royal Commission, the questions have never been decided, but military historian Lodge reaches firm conclusions based on Bennett’s personality and character. Was he pushed? Was he destroyed by profesional rivalry? ISBN 10: 0868618829 ISBN 13: 9780868618821