Correlli Barnett is an English military historian, who has written also on the United Kingdom's industrial decline. Military history is the recording (in writing or otherwise) of the events in the history of humanity that fall within the category of conflict. This may range from a dispute between two tribes that come to blow over a plot of land, to a world war. ...

He is the author of The Desert Generals, a book that attacked the perceived cult of British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. It gave the viewpoints of his sacked predecessors as commanders in the North Africa campaign. Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ... Bernard Law Montgomery Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (November 17, 1887 - March 24, 1976) was a British military officer during World War II often referred to as Monty. ... The battle in the North African desert during World War II from 1940-1943. ...

Barnett's The Pride and Fall sequence

• The Collapse of British Power
• The Audit of War: The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation
• The Lost Victory: British Dreams, British Realities, 1945-50
• The Verdict of Peace: Britain Between Her Yesterday and the Future

are perhaps his best known books. They describe the decline of British power during the twentieth century caused ultimately, Barnett argues, from a mutation of values in England's governing élite from the late eighteenth century encouraged by evangelical and non-conformist Christianity. He has been criticised for being overly-negative of Britain's war effort, over-emphasising production inefficiencies in the face of overall British victory.

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