· Andrew Roberts's acclaimed new history has been hailed as the finest single-volume account of this epic conflict. From the western front to North Africa, from the Baltic to the Far East, he tells the story of the war—the grand strategy and the individual experience, the ISBN 7 rows · · Andrew Roberts's previous book Masters and Commanders studied the creation of Allied grand Author: Andrew Roberts. Authors: Roberts, Andrew. The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War. Edition: First Edition. Publish Date: Condition: Used; Good. Many of the books in our Antiquarian Rare Collectable category have been photographed by our team.5/5(1).
Andrew Roberts's previous book Masters and Commanders studied the creation of Allied grand strategy; the central theme of The Storm of War is how Axis strategy evolved. Examining the Second World War on every front, Roberts asks whether, with a different decision-making process and a different strategy, the Axis might even have won. "Andrew Roberts has produced what Gen. George Patton might call 'a helluva book'—the first totally readable one-volume history of World War II, a literary and historical blitzkrieg, propelled by strong, positive prose, written with concision yet a wealth of detail, and supplied with an arsenal of sources.". British historian Roberts (Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, , , etc.) captures the vigorous momentum undertaken by Hitler when it seemed to the world that the Nazi engine could not be stopped. Hitler was a devout student of military history, and the use of tactical surprise was carried out with.
Andrew Roberts's previous book Masters and Commanders studied the creation of Allied grand. Andrew Roberts's acclaimed new history has been hailed as the finest single-volume account of this epic conflict. From the western front to North Africa, from the Baltic to the Far East, he tells the story of the war—the grand strategy and the individual experience, the brutality and the heroism—as never before. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, The Storm of War illuminates the war's principal actors, revealing how their decisions shaped the course of the conflict. Along the way, Roberts presents tales of the many lesser-known individuals whose experiences form a panoply of the courage and self-sacrifice, as well as the depravity and cruelty, of the Second World War.
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