Soldier at Heart: From Private to General

This book describes Mike Reynolds’ military career from private soldier to major general, a career that took him to the Far and Middle East, all over Europe and to North America. It was a life dominated initially by the Cold War and later by terrorist campaigns. It was a life full of fascinating and extraordinary experiences such as commanding a company of eight platoons of infantry recruits at the age of twenty-four, jumping the rank of colonel to become a brigadier and, as a major general, commanding contingents from seven nations in what was nick-named the NATO Fire Brigade. AUTHOR: Michael Reynolds retired from the Army as its most senior major general after a career that began as a Private soldier. Most of his service was during the long Cold War with the Warsaw Pact and he spent much of it in Germany as a platoon commander, company commander, battalion CO and brigade commander before attaining a divisional command as GOC of NATOs AMF(L). During his service he organised battlefield tours to enrich the military education of his officers and continued to speak on such tours after retirement. This led to his writing such acclaimed books as The Devils Adjutant, Steel Inferno and Monty and Patton Two Paths to Victory.
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