Miles Reid wrote this book in 1942 when he was a prisoner in Germany and when the memories of the events recorded were fresh in his mind. His account of the collapse of the B.E.F., of the formation of the G.H.Q. Liaison Regiment (Phantom) and of the Greek Campaign are particularly valuable because they reflect the opinions of a civilian who found himself projected into the higher ranks of the military hierarchy and who inevitably saw the problems of war in a different light to that of the professional soldier. His thrilling and dramatic description of the Greek campaign is of outstanding interest...