The Second World War
$29.10
- Paperback
1024 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2014
Summary
The Second World War: A World Ablaze
A magisterial, single-volume history of the greatest conflict the world has ever known by our foremost military historian.
The Second World War began in August 1939 on the edge of Manchuria and ended there exactly six years later with the Soviet invasion of northern China. The war in Europe appeared completely divorced from the war in the Pacific and China, and yet events on opposite sides of the world had profound effect…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780225647 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1780225644 |
| Author: | Antony Beevor |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1024 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2014 |
| Weight: | 791g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 62mm |
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His singular ability to make huge historical events accessible to a general audience recalls the golden age of British narrative history, whose giants include Gibbon, Macaulay and Carlyle.
Beevor can be credited with single-handedly transforming the reputation of military history - GUARDIAN
His singular ability to make huge historical events accessible to a general audience recalls the golden age of British narrative history - INDEPENDENTHis accounts of the key moments in the Second World War have a sense of colour, drama and immediacy that few narrative historians can match - SUNDAY TIMESThis is as comprehensive and objective an account of the course of the war as we are likely to get, and the most humanly moving to date - NEW STATESMANAbout The Author
Antony Beevor
Antony Beevor served as a regular officer in the 11th Hussars in Germany. He is the author of Crete, which won a RUNCIMAN PRIZE; Pairs After the Liberation (written with his wife, Artemis Cooper); Stalingrad, which won the SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE, the WOLFSON PRIZE FOR HISTORY and the HAWTHORNDEN PRIZE FOR LITERATURE; Berlin: The Downfall, which received the first LONGMAN-HISTORY TODAY AWARD; The Battle for Spain; and, most recently, D-DAY, which received the RUSI WESTMINSTER MEDAL. His books have appeared in 30 languages and sold 5 million copies.
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