Evaluates the extensive body of literature surrounding one of the most controversial military commanders of World War II.

Series Foreword by Myron J. Smith, Jr.; Preface; Narrative and Historiographical Survey; Historical Background; Chronology; Sources for Research on Field Marshal Montgomery; The Making of a General; El Alamein to Tunis; Sicily to the Sangro; The Normandy Campaign; From the Seine to the Baltic; The Post-war Years; Bibliography; Index.