The Desert Generals Author:Corelli Barnett The desert generals will give rise to plenty of argument, but no one will question its quality. Of the books that have been written about the war in the Western Desert, this seems to me the most original and the most stimulating. --Desmond Young — This is a brilliant picture of the leading personalities in the North African campaign from start to... more » finish and of their performance - vividly written and intensely interesting. The author's analysis of the operations is able and acute and even when his conclusions are disputable they cannot be discounted. --Liddell Hart« less