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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sir Max HastingsPublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Random House Inc Dimensions: Width: 13.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 20.60cm Weight: 0.395kg ISBN: 9780307275714ISBN 10: 030727571 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 03 January 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Unknown Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsReviewsMax Hastings's reportage of the battle is not unworthy to stand with that of the best journalists and writers who witnessed it. . . . A tribute to his skills as a historian. -John Keegan, The New York Times Book Review Hastings combines a quick, clear prose with provocative and often brilliant analysis. His conclusions are sharp yet sound, his research through, and his history incisive. Of the many books that have been written on Normandy, it is quite simply the best. - Dallas Morning News A brilliant and concise account. - The Washington Post Book World A fine account of the strategy and tactics of the campaign. The author has been shot at himself. . . . This has done marvels for quickening his understanding of what such landings are like, and adds an extra cutting edge to his book. He goes over a well-worn path, full of pitfalls, and falls into none of them. - The Economist Max Hastings s reportage of the battle is not unworthy to stand with that of the best journalists and writers who witnessed it. . . . A tribute to his skills as a historian. John Keegan, The New York Times Book Review Hastings combines a quick, clear prose with provocative and often brilliant analysis. His conclusions are sharp yet sound, his research through, and his history incisive. Of the many books that have been written on Normandy, it is quite simply the best. Dallas Morning News A brilliant and concise account. The Washington Post Book World A fine account of the strategy and tactics of the campaign. The author has been shot at himself. . . . This has done marvels for quickening his understanding of what such landings are like, and adds an extra cutting edge to his book. He goes over a well-worn path, full of pitfalls, and falls into none of them. The Economist Max Hastings's reportage of the battle is not unworthy to stand with that of the best journalists and writers who witnessed it. . . . A tribute to his skills as a historian. -John Keegan, The New York Times Book Review <br> Hastings combines a quick, clear prose with provocative and often brilliant analysis. His conclusions are sharp yet sound, his research through, and his history incisive. Of the many books that have been written on Normandy, it is quite simply the best. - Dallas Morning News <br> A brilliant and concise account. <br>- The Washington Post Book World <br> A fine account of the strategy and tactics of the campaign. The author has been shot at himself. . . . This has done marvels for quickening his understanding of what such landings are like, and adds an extra cutting edge to his book. He goes over a well-worn path, full of pitfalls, and falls into none of them. <br>- The Economist Author InformationMax Hastings is the author of more than twenty books, including Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War, Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945, and Winston's War: Churchill 1940-1945. He spent his early career as a foreign correspondent for BBC TV and various newspapers, then as editor of Britain's Evening Standard and Daily Telegraph. He has received numerous awards for both his books and his journalism. He lives in the English countryside west of London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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