General Sir John Hackett

General Sir John Winthrop Hackett, GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (5 November 1910 – 9 September 1997) was an Australian-born British soldier, painter, university administrator, author and in later life, a commentator.

Books in order of publication:

• The Profession Of Arms, 1963
• I Was A Stranger, 1977
• The Third World War, 1978
• Third World War: Lecture, 1979
• The Third World War: The Untold Story, 1982
• Warfare In the Ancient World, 1989
• The Devil’s Birthday: Bridges to Arnhem, 1944, 1992
• The History of the Glider Pilot Regiment: An Official History, 1992
• To Save A Life, 1995