D-Day: The Battle for Normandy - Couverture rigide

Beevor, Antony

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0670021199 ISBN 13 : 9780670021192

Editeur : Viking Pr, 2009

Synopsis

591 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos et cartes en noir et blanc hors texte. Jaquette manquante. Bon état Couv. convenable Intérieur acceptable In-8 Carré Relié Illustrated.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"Absorbing... The reader finished this accessible history with the sense he has had a 360-degree look at Operation Overlord and its multinational cast... Terrifing reading."—USA Today

"A dramatic, important, and instructive story, and Beevor tells it surpassingly well."—The Washington Post 

"Where the book really scores is in its eye for the operational detail and its vivid reconstructions of the experience of battle, as unavoidable courage mixes with arbitrary tragedy."—Lawrence Freedman, Foreign Affairs

"Beevor excels in recounting, from interviews with veterans and from the testimony of soldiers' letters and reports, just what a bloody campaign the invasion was... Beevor is especially gripping in his account of the U.S. 120th Infantry... Beevor is to be commended for emphasizing a troubling theme: the inferiority of much Allied equipment."—The Wall Street Journal

"His account of atrocities on both sides, of errors committed and of surpassing bravery makes for excellent - though often blood-soaked - reading. Beevor gets better with each book."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Beevor has written an in-depth campaign history...that should be read by beginners and experts alike."—Library Journal

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was simply awesome. What followed them was some of the most cunning and ferocious fighting of the war, at times as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. As casualties mounted, so too did the tensions between the principal commanders on both sides. Meanwhile, French civilians caught in the middle of these battlefields or under Allied bombing endured terrible suffering. Even the joys of Liberation had their darker side. The war in northern France marked not just a generation but the whole of the post-war world, profoundly influencing relations between America and Europe.Making use of overlooked and new material from over thirty archives in half a dozen countries, D-Day is the most vivid and well-researched account yet of the battle of Normandy. As with Stalingrad and Berlin, Antony Beevor's gripping narrative conveys the true experience of war. Unabridged. Approx 20 hours, on 3 x MP3-CDs

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Viking Pr
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0670021199
• ISBN 13: 9780670021192
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 591