Martin Windrow
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Martin Windrow (1944- ) is a British historian, editor and author of several hundred[1] books, articles and monographs, particularly those on organisational or physical details of military history, and the history of the post-war French Foreign Legion[2][3]. His most notable work is the last valley, an account of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu during the First Indochina War, which was published in 2004 to "critical acclaim"[4].
[edit] Published works
- The Last Valley 2004
- Warriors and Warlords: The Art of Angus McBride 2002
- French Foreign Legion, 1914-45 1999
- Military Dress of the Peninsular War, 1808-14 1998
- The French Indochina War 1946–54 1998
- The Algerian War, 1954-62 1997
- French Foreign Legion 1996
- Inside the Soviet Army Today 1987[5][6]
[edit] Working career
Windrow is a graduate of Wellington College, and began working on commission as an editor of articles on military and aviation history in the 1970s. He is a member of the Royal Historical Society and the Foreign Legion Association of Great Britain[7].
[edit] Notes
- ^ Windrow, Martin The last valley, preface
- ^ Windrow, Martin The last valley, preface
- ^ Osprey Publishing info page retrieved on March 10, 2007
- ^ Osprey Publishing info page retrieved on March 10, 2007
- ^ Amazon.com info page retrieved on March 10, 2007
- ^ Osprey Publishing info page retrieved on March 10, 2007
- ^ Osprey Publishing info page retrieved on March 10, 2007
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