Jock Haswell
Major C.J.D "Jock" Haswell, (Chenwynd Haswell) who also wrote as George Foster[1] (born 1919)[2] is a British military and intelligence author and former British intelligence officer.[3] He was "Author for Service Intelligence" 1966-1984.
Early life
Haswell was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire. He was educated at Little Appley Preparatory School and Winchester College.[4]
Career
Haswell was trained at Sandhurst c. 1938/9 - 1941.[5] He joined the Queen's Royal Regiment[5] on 3 April 1941.[6] Later in 1941 he was stationed in India, and saw local action.[7]
He was promoted Major on 3 July 1952.[8]
He retired from the army on 29 April 1960.[9]
Haswell's later work was mostly writing, continuing a thread from his military and intelligence work. He self-deprecatingly described his books as "holes held together with string". Nonetheless, his James II, for example, was reviewed in the Times of 29 July 1972 by Geoffrey Homes.[10]
Bibliography
Books
- Indian file (1960)
- Soldier on Loan (1961)
- The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (1967)
- The first respectable spy : the life and times of Colquhoun Grant, Wellington's Head of Intelligence (1969)
- James II Soldier and Sailor (1972)[11][12]
- Citizen Armies (1973)
- British Military Intelligence London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1973)
- The Ardent Queen: Margaret of Anjou and the Lancastrian Heritage (1976)
- Spies and Spymasters: A Concise History of Intelligence London: Thames & Hudson (1977)[13][14][15]
- The British Army: A Concise History (1980)
- The Intelligence and Deception of the D-Day Landings London: Batsford (1979) also published in the US as D-Day : Intelligence and Deception New York
- The Battle for Empire: A Century of Anglo-French Conflict (1983)
- The Tangled Web 1984
- The Tangled Web: The Art of Tactical and Strategic Deception Wendover: John Goodchild (1985)
- The Magnet book of spies and spying (1986)
Articles
- Combined Arms Center (September 1976). "The need to know". Military Review. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
See also
References
- ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/939470?c=people
- ↑ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 63.
- ↑ Books and Bookmen. Hansom Books. 1976.
- ↑ The Author's & Writer's Who's who. Burke's Peerage. 1971. p. 366.
- 1 2 Michael Lowry (19 January 2009). Fighting Through to Kohima: A Memoir of War in India and Burma. Casemate Publishers. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-84415-802-7.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 35077. p. 955. 18 July 1952.
- ↑ Michael Lowry (19 January 2009). Fighting Through to Kohima: A Memoir of War in India and Burma. Casemate Publishers. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-84415-802-7.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39600. p. 3867. 18 July 1952.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42020. p. 3024. 29 April 1960.
- ↑ Clyve Jones (1987). A Biography of the Works Published by Geoffrey Holmes. Britain in the First Age of Party, 1687-1750: Essays Presented to Geoffrey Holmes. A&C Black. pp. xvi. ISBN 978-0-907628-89-7.
- ↑ R. T. Foster (11 March 1973). "King Who Lost the Battle of the Boyne". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 118.
- ↑ https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jock-haswell/james-ii-soldier-and-sailor/
- ↑ Book Review, Boulton, William N., The Hartford Courant, Feb 26, 1978.
- ↑ Spies & Spymasters: A Concise History of Intelligence (book review,) Chicago Tribune, Oct 16, 1977.
- ↑ Rings in the Tree of Espionage (book review,)Kirsch, Robert, Los Angeles Times, Oct 14, 1977.