 | Brian Holden Reid - 1997 - 284 pages
...Army Chief of Staff. that: [General Montgomery] is unquestionably able, but very conceited. ... he is so proud of his successes to date that he will never willingly make a single move until he is absolutely certain of success - until he has concentrated enough resources so that anybody could... | |
 | Stephen Ashley Hart - 2007 - 260 pages
...instance, jibed that "Monty's definition of an army with good morale is an army commanded by Monty."1 1B In April 1943, Eisenhower encapsulated such suspicions...enough resources to make him "absolutely certain of success."11' Unlike Montgomery, such critics seem to have failed to appreciate that the morale of a... | |
 | Stanley Weintraub - 2007 - 561 pages
...conceited. For your most secret and confidential information, I will give you my opinion which is that he is so proud of his successes to date that he will never willingly make a single move until he is absolutely certain of success — in other words, until he has concentrated enough resources so... | |
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Montgomery is of different caliber from some of the outstanding British leaders you have met. He is unquestionably able, but very conceited. For your most secret and confidential information, I will give you my opinion which is that he is so proud of... 