Mediterranean Assignment (1943)

"The British Were Left Weak and Alone to Face the Fascist Jackal" McMillan, Richard. Mediterranean Assignment. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1943. Octavo. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition of a war correspondent's detailed recounting of his time in North Africa and the Balkans from 1940-42 as well as his understanding of the roots of the conflict. Later retitled (and better known as) Miracle at El Alamein, McMillan's Mediterranean Assignment concerns his experiences as a British journalist in North Africa and the Balkans between 1940 and 1942. With World War II raging, McMillan had unique access to the British Expeditionary Forces and accompanied the British as they fought across Europe and North Africa. McMillan was particularly interested in the strategy of Field-Marshal Montgomery and his victories against Rommel. Mediterranean Assignment thus includes McMillan's historical understanding and the way he felt that informed the conflict However, McMillan also details his