Fighting General: The Public and Private Campaigns of General Sir Walter Walker

By Tom Pocock

Fighting General is the story of General Sir Walter Walker, written by esteemed journalist and biographer Tom Pocock. A pioneer of jungle warfare and a brilliantly successful battalion and brigade commander, Walker was without equal in his field.

Born in 1912 in India, son of a military family, Walker attended Sandhurst and then embarked upon a stellar career that, until his last and most spectacular appointments, took place primarily in lands to the east of the Red Sea.

Returning to Europe in the mid-sixties, Walker became deputy chief-of-staff of allied forces in central Europe and later became commander-in-chief for northern Europe.

An outspoken critic of many in the political field, Walker fought vocally until the end: he died in 2001. In Fighting General Tom Pocock recounts the life and times of this extraordinary man, with verve and style.