Correlli barnett biography of barack

  • Born on 28 June 1927, Correlli Douglas Barnett was educated at Trinity School, Croydon and at Exeter College, Oxford.
  • Correlli Barnett was born on 28 June 1927, the son of Douglas and Kathleen Barnett.
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    When I was a young, and very green, military historian in the early 1960s, three or four figures in particular loomed largest in my personal horizons. They included Michael Howard, who was then doing so much to establish war studies; Basil Liddell Hart, for whom I worked as an archivist and research assistant in 1962 and 1963; John Terraine, whose rehabilitation of the reputation of Douglas Haig ran directly counter to the more widely accepted views of Liddell Hart; and Correlli Barnett, whose books The Desert Generals (1960) and The Swordbearers (1963) had, in contrast, won Liddell Hart’s approval and endorsement. I must confess that, during that period, my feet were firmly planted in the latter camp.

    By the time I first actually met Correlli ‘Bill’ Barnett, I had joined the staff of the Imperial War Museum and in 1964 one of my new roles was to help ensure that the Museum’s extensive archive material – especially its film footage -  was being responsibly used in the production of the BBC TV Great War series. 

    Above: The title card of the BBC series "The Great War" broadcast in 1964. (Image (c) BBC)

    This involved regular visits to the BBC where, together with various scriptwriters and film editors, I would view, judge and comment upon the content of individual ep

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    It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Correlli Barnett who was the President of The Western Front Association from 1998 to 2011. 

    Born on 28 June 1927, Correlli Douglas Barnett was educated at Trinity School, Croydon and at Exeter College, Oxford. He undertook National Service with the Intelligence Corps between 1945 and 1948.

    An author of numerous works, Correlli also worked with John Terraine as historical consultant and writer for the BBC television series The Great War (1963–64) for which he won the Screenwriters Guild Award. He also worked with the BBC on 'The Lost Peace' and 'The Commanders'. 

    Correlli's wife, Ruth, died in 2020.

    Some of his books include: 

    • The Desert Generals(Kimber, 1960). A study of O'Connor, Alan Cunningham, Ritchie, Auchinleck and Montgomery.
    • The Swordbearers: Supreme Command in the First World War(Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1963). A study ofMoltke,Jellicoe,PétainandLudendorff.
    • The Battle of El Alamein (Macmillan, 1964)
    • Britain and Her Army, 1509–1970(Allen Lane, 1970)
    • The Collapse of British Power(Eyre Methuen, 1972)
    • The First Churchill: Marlborough, Soldier and Statesman(Eyre Methuen, 1974). An accompanying television programme was made.
    • Strategy and Society(Manchester University Press, 1976)
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