Knight's Cross; A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993. Book Club Edition? Hardcover. xv, [1], 601, [7] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Appendix: Chronology. Bibliography. Notes. Index. Some wear to board and spine edges. General Sir David William Fraser, GCB, OBE (30 December 1920 – 15 July 2012) was a senior British Army officer who served as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 1978 until his retirement from military service in 1980. He was also a prolific author, publishing over 20 books mostly focused on the history of the Second World War. In the last two years of the Second World War, he was involved in the North West Europe Campaign. He served as a company commander in the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards in the Malayan Emergency of 1948. He was involved in the Suez Crisis in 1956 and the Cyprus Emergency in 1958. Fraser was posted to the Ministry of Defence as Director of Defence Policy (Army) from December 1966 until 1969. He was appointed General Officer Commanding 4th Division in 1969, and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Policy) in 1971. He was Vice Chief of the General Staff from April 1973. He went on to be UK Military Representative to NATO in 1975, and Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1978 before retiring in 1980. More