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Article: El Alamein revisited.(Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of el Alamein)(Book Review)

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Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of el Alamein. Niall Barr. Jonathan Cape. [pounds sterling]20.00. xliii + 531 pages. ISBN 0-224-06195-X.

This book gives an account of four months from retreat and rout to a victory of terrible cost. Niall Barr writes after the most meticulous research. There has been a misconception about the 8th Army. There was, and still is, an impression that after falling back to El Alamein, we were cowed and defeated. Then, it is believed, Montgomery arrived and put new heart into everyone. This is unfair and Niall Barr shows why. Maybe a new broom gave us fresh confidence, but the true victor of the early part of the fight-back was ...

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