Briar Cliff Manor, N.Y. Stein and Day, 1976. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 262, [2] pages. Includes Comparative Table of Officers' Ranks in the German, British and American Armies, List of Illustrations, List of Maps, and Preface, Bibliography, and Index. Chapters include A Peculiar Fellow; Factors for the Future; The Blackest Days; The Search for a Saviour, The Creation of the Panzertruppe, Vindication in Poland, The Green Light through France; The Fate of a Hero; The Road to Lotzen, The Last in the Line, The Final Stand, and Seer, Technician, Genius or Germany's Best General? Some wear and slight discoloration to text. Red notation on bottom of spine. Some soiling, tears, and chips to dust jacket. Kenneth John Macksey MC (1 July 1923 – 30 November 2005) was a British author and historian who specialized in military history and military biography, particularly of the Second World War. Macksey was commissioned in the Royal Armoured Corps and served during the Second World War (earning a Military Cross under the command of Percy Hobart). Macksey later wrote the (authoritative) biography of Hobart. Macksey gained a permanent commission in 1946, was transferred to the Royal Tank Regiment in 1947, reached the rank of major in 1957 and retired from the Army in 1968. In Macksey's Guderian: Panzer General, he refuted the view of historian Sir Basil Liddell-Hart regarding Hart's influence on the development of German Tank Theory in the years leading up to 1939. More