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About the Author

General Sir David Fraser, G.C.B, O.BE., D.L., served in the war in North-West Europe. After the war he served in Germany, Malaya, Egypt, Cyprus and the British Cameroons. He commanded a battalion in West Africa, a brigade in Borneo and a division in Germany. He has been Director of Plans, assistant Chief of General Defence Staff and Vice-Chief of the General Staff. Before retiring in 1980 he was British Military Representative to NATO in Brussels and finally, Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in London.