Stephen Bungay
Stephen Bungay was born in Kent in 1954 and educated at Oxford and Tübingen. He has spent his career working for the Boston Consulting Group in London and Munich as a chief executive in an insurance company. He is now working in executive education, specialising in military history and modern management practice. His first book, The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain, published by Aurum in 2001 has now become accepted as the definitive book on the subject. His subsequent...See more
Stephen Bungay was born in Kent in 1954 and educated at Oxford and Tübingen. He has spent his career working for the Boston Consulting Group in London and Munich as a chief executive in an insurance company. He is now working in executive education, specialising in military history and modern management practice. His first book, The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain, published by Aurum in 2001 has now become accepted as the definitive book on the subject. His subsequent book, Alamein, also published by Aurum, was praised by Lawrence James in the Daily Mail as a brilliant balance between lucid analysis and piquant detail', and by John Lukacs in the Los Angeles Times as terse and brilliantly written by a thorough master of his subject'. He regularly appears on TV documentaries about the Second World War. He lives in Kent. See less
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Alamein
Excellent strategic picture
by David S, Dec 29, 2012
Having read "The Most Dangerous Enemy" by the same author and being very impressed by it, I was intrigued to notice this book referred to in a recent television programme about the desert war. I ... Read More
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The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain
Best Single History of Battle of Britain
This is a thoughtful, and even-handed history of the Battle of Britain executed with great care and completeness. There's not much original research here, but Bungay is an excellent synthesizer. Some ... Read More