Probert, Air Commodore Henry, MBE MA, — BOMBER HARRIS : HIS LIFE AND TIMES.

Greenhill Books, London, 2003, paperback, 432pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 5 maps and 4 charts in text, coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, described as the definitive biography of Sir Arthur Harris the author describes Harris's life from youth in Rhodesia to fighting in World War I, the interwar years, his two families and his post-war years in South Africa and England. He reveals and analyses how Harris did his job in RAF Bomber Command during World War II, his leadership of his men in the face of appalling casualties, his disagreements with higher authority, his dealings with Churchill, his close links with the Americans, his role in directing the bombing raids against Germany, most notably at Dresden, and the way he was treated afterwards, the biography provides the most complete and rounded picture of one of the great high commanders of modern times and an outstanding military personality of World War II, faint creasing to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., diagonal creasing to lower cnr. upper wrapper, good plus,