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Publications
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Operation Suicide: The Remarkable Story of the Cockleshell Raid
Quercus, published 2012
The story of a commando unit under the leadership of Major “Blondie” Hasler who were without exception ordinary young men, from ordinary streets, in ordinary towns across industrial Britain – given the most extraordinary task of their short lives.
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Bill Slim
Osprey, published 2011
Robert Lyman has been commissioned to write a short biography on Field Marshal Slim in the Osprey ‘Command’ series, published in the Spring of 2011.
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Slim, Master of War: Burma and the Birth of Modern Warfare
Constable and Robinson, 2004, paperback 2005
'This is a first rate book... a beautifully written and carefully researched account.' Dr Richard Holmes
'Lyman is good on strategy... A former army officer, he is also astute on what it took to fight the war on the ground.'
The Sunday Times
'This is a very important book.' Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely, MC
'A tour-de-force'. Major Gordon Graham MC and Bar, lately Chairman of Butterworths plc
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First Victory: Britain's forgotten struggle in the Middle East, 1941
Constable and Robinson, 2006
'This is a book which deserves to be widely read and should be required reading for those involved in the management and conduct of operations in the Middle East today.' Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely, MC
'I am delighted that at last its importance is being recognised. I...found the account of our operations fascinating.' His Grace the Duke of Wellington, KG., LVO., OBE., MC., DL
'Excellent book...Lyman reveals the fascinating story of the forgotten desert battles of 1941 that fundamentally changed the course of WWII.' Military Illustrated
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The Challenges of High Command: The British Experience
Chapter 7: 'The Art of Manoeuvre at the Operational Level of War' by Robert Lyman
Palgrave Macmillan, 2002
The Challenges of High Command looks at the practicalities of British experience in WWI and WWII. The contributors cast new light on themes as diverse as the trench warfare of World War I, the conduct of the Gallipoli and Norway campaigns, and the command performance of Bomber Harris and Bill Slim. This book is a timely and important contribution to the debate on the command and control of armed forces.
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