"The unique leadership and lasting legacy of the greatest British army commander of the Second World War"-- Provided by publisher.

An uncertain education -- Peacetime soldiering -- The drift to war -- Full of binge -- Desert victory: the battles of Alam Halfa and El Alamein -- Pursuit into Tunisia -- Operation Husky -- The invasion of Europe -- Normandy : from D-Day to deadlock -- A lost port and a bridge too far -- Falling out in the Ardennes -- Crossing the Rhine -- Cold War warrior -- A soldier's soldier.