RICHARDS David <br/><br/>
Taking command :  the autobiography / 
General Sir David Richards. 
 - London :  Headline Publishing,  2014. 
 - 248 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/> General Sir David Richards is one of the best known British generals of modern times. In 2013 he retired after over forty years of service in the British Army and a career that had seen him rise from junior officer with 20 Commando to Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the British Armed Forces. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781472220844 (hbk.) :  32.95 USD 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>GREAT BRITAIN -- HISTORY, MILITARY -- 21ST CENTURY.<br/>GREAT BRITAIN -- HISTORY, MILITARY -- 20TH CENTURY.<br/>GENERALS -- GREAT BRITAIN -- BIOGRAPHY.<br/>RICHARDS, DAVID (DAVID JULIAN),--1952-