Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 0670647365 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please e us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press, New York
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780670647361ISBN:0670647365
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. F3-DJ has some tears and chippings on the top and bottom edges, crease on the sides opposite the spine, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise good. Book has light wrinkling on the top corners opposite the spine, library seal on the second page, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. This extraordinary book is both a shining confirmation of John Keegan's reputation as one of our foremost military historians and a memorable ... read more
Edition: Ex-Library
Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Viking Press, New York
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780670647361ISBN:0670647365
Description: B & W illustrations. ex-lib, Dj taped to inside cover, label on DJ o/w Good/Good. 8vo, 365 pp. , small stain lower page edges in front read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Penguin, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780670647361ISBN:0670647365
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Buff-colored boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt and metallic red. Octavo. Map-endpapers of the Normandy Battlefield. [xvii] + 365pps. + numerous maps and photographs. There is light dustspotting atop the textblock and a couple of faint smudges to the fore-edge, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is rubbed and has modest general edgewear. ".. ... read more
Edition: Book Club Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Penguin, New York
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780670647361ISBN:0670647365
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardcover with dust jacket, 365 pages plus maps, black-and-white photographss, and excellent References and Bibliography. See our other Keegan titles. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780670647361ISBN:0670647365
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. A Near Fine Copy In Very Good Dust Jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 365 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Cloth Spine Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Penguin, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780670647361ISBN:0670647365
Description: Very Good, WITH EXCEPTIONS in Very Good Price Clipped jacket. 9 1/2 X 6 1/4. Pages are tight, bright, & clean. Jacket in a crystal-clear polyester protector. Binding very firm and straight. Board edges and corners unworn. No conspicuous wear. Insignificant highlighting & ink underlining. Illustrated with map endpapers, eight maps & B/W photos. read more
Edition: Book Club Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books, New York
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780670647361ISBN:0670647365
Description: Illustrated with Black & White Photos. Good Condition. Fair Dustjacket. 6x9 Inches. This is the story of the 1944 invasion of Normandy, from D-Day to the liberation of Paris. This hardcover book club edition from 1982 is in Good Condition with a Fair Dustjacket. It is illustrated with black & white photos and maps. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780670647361ISBN:0670647365
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Map Endpapers. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 365 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"I picked up this book because I was preparing to go on a trip to visit the D-Day beaches and my knowledge of the invasion was embarrassingly scant. I had only what I remembered from high school history (next to nothing) and what I gathered from watching Band of Brothers all the way through at least seven times (more than I realized). What drew me to this book was its length, I was going to be backpacking and couldn't afford the weight of most surveys of the subject, and its perspective. I wanted a broader view of the invasion and this book delivered. Keegan gives and overview of the commanders in allied high command as well as highlighting each of the 'armies' that fought in Normandy. I write 'armies' because two of the forces he described, the free French and the Polish soldiers, were hardly full armies but did their duty to its fullest.
I enjoyed Keegan's writing as well as his perspective. He was a child during the Second World War so he has some recollection of the war years, but not the harrowed memories of the soldier nor the removed historical perspective of the scholar. This is not a tight work of historical analysis, but an overview of how the armies functioned, the differences in their leadership, and how they worked together to achieve victory. This book begins with the formation of the allied high command and ends with the liberation of Paris. It also includes a chapter speculating on the future battlefields in Europe that will be created by the Cold War which in hindsight is an interesting, though thankfully incorrect, piece of speculation."
"Excellent overview of the American, British, Canadian, Polish, German and French at Normandy. Unique insights, sometimes his prose is a bit daunting and esoteric. He also tends to digress. Takehome message is this gives a very nice view of the entire normandy campaign and not just the D-Day landings."
""Six Armies in Normandy" tries to highlight the experiences of particular units from the armed forces of the nations which sent large numbers of men into battle in Normandy and Central France in 1944. While Mr. Keegan does not fail in this task, he merely passes a quick hand over the contributions of each of the six nations he chooses to include, leaving the reader with only an impression of the identities and struggles associated with each unit detailed. Mr. Keegan also borrows heavily from other published works, and though this doesn't negatively impact the work, it largely renders it irrelevant. If one was actually interested in the subject matter this book covers, it would be far more beneficial to read a number of works dedicated to one particular operation or unit rather than a single volume which never attempts to cover them all, and in so doing covers little at all."
"Gives an enlightening view of the many experiences and contributions of the several nations involved in the effort to re-take Western Europe from the Germans.
A misconception-cleansing read for those of us who've been taught the oversimplified story that the Americans single-handedly liberated Europe."
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