Author. (a)     Credentials. The author of this book is Major General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton, KBE, CB, DSO, RE. He was born on 21 st October, 1868. He is a very popular British Army officer and successful military writer. He is been regarded as the man responsible for the adoption of tank in First World War. He also defined no-man’s land. (b)    Other Works. He has written many books such as his autobiography known as Over My shoulder and twenty years after the battlefields of 1914-1918. Then and now. Theme. (c)     Genre. The Defence of duffer’s drift is a fiction book but after reading it you will wish that it was non-fiction. (d)    Treatment of subject. The author has treated the subject in matured way where he is successful to maintain the interest of the readers. (e)    Approach. Ernest has maintained a practical approach which is essential for military leaders of the future. (f)   ...