Books by General Sir Frank Kitson K.C.B. C.B.E. M.C.

General Sir Frank Kitson was commissioned into the army in 1945. This book tells his story. In the course of his service he spent many years in Germany and took part in counter-insurgency and peace-keeping activities in Kenya, Malaya, Oman, Cyprus and Northern Ireland.

Throughout the world, countries are obliged to make great sacrifices in order to raise the vast sums of money needed to secure their defence. This book works out the qualities needed by studying the tasks that would be likely to confront commanders of the day. It is relevant to the armies of developed countries.

Instead, in keeping with the title, he wrote a fifth part summarizing his conclusions in all the zones he had fought in. This fifth part was used by the United States army for a long time on its own Bunch of Five has been out of print for many years with second-hand copies commanding high prices.