I enjoyed this book very much. It tells about the life, military careers and leadership of these three great WW2 generals. This is achieved by sequencing the phases of their lives against key periods such as WW1, the interwar and key phases of WW2. This gives the book a good flow and enables real insight into each man as set against their careers and the wider historical events of the times. This also serves to frame the development of each of their leadership, ambition, strengths and, in many cases, their shortcomings too. What emerges are three loosely interlinked bios that focus on the leadership traits of each man with recurring themes of talent, opportunity, naked ambition and lots of good interpretation of battles fought and lost. As you would expect with a book focussed on leadership, there is lots of insight as to why each man acted as they did and ruthless analysis of each man’s’ character. Patton comes off as fake, impetuous, overbearing, driven and uncontrollable whereas Monty is revealed as a meticulous, detached, talented and self-driven man with a flair for detail. Unsurprisingly, Rommel is portrayed as the most talented, professional and the truest of leaders. By using the same standard to judge leadership throughout the book and not making adjustments for each man’s’ unique circumstances, the author has come up with a consistent and tight story that history fans and those interested in the study of leadership will really enjoy.