About this title: A thorough and engrossing narrative of the eight months after D-Day that finally ended the Second World War, ARMAGEDDON follows Max Hastings's previous OVERLORD: D-DAY AND THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY, 1944. Hastings has written a highly readable account of the dramatic shifts in power and alliances, not the least of which was the decline in status of England, and the rise of America as the supreme military power. Compelling, too, was the realization that Russia was to be the next enemy, and that the world map was to be redrawn along lines to be determined at the war's end. Essentially a military ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. 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: Acceptable. May contain some marks or highlighting. Very Good dust jacket. Owner's name inside. Envelope taped on front endpage. Writing inside. read more
Description: Very Good. 0375414339 Stated First American Edition, hardcover with dust jacket in vg condition. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding slightly loose due to stocking. Fast and reliqable seller. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780375414336ISBN:0375414339
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First American edition. The jacket has a one inch tear at the center of the spine and a trace of edge wear, else fine. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780375714221ISBN:0375714227
Description: Fine. 0375714227. Softcover, in Fine condition, no stamps, writing or marks, straight spine without creases, looks like new, no flaws to note, a very nice looking book, read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780375714221ISBN:0375714227
Description: Fine. 0375714227. Softcover, in Fine condition, no stamps, writing or marks, straight spine without creases, looks like new, no flaws to note, a very nice looking book, read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 2005-10-11
ISBN-13:9780375714221ISBN:0375714227
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780375714221ISBN:0375714227
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780375414336ISBN:0375414339
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Hbk 581pp illustr dj sl shelf worn now in protective sleeve prev owner's inscn obliterated on inside front board text is excellent as new. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780375414336ISBN:0375414339
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Knopf, 2004. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Near Fine Book in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Light shelf wear to Book and Jacket. Some spine end wear to book. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780375414336ISBN:0375414339
Description: Near Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1st American Ed. so stated, 1st Printing, HB/DJ, NF/F, 584 pp. Book has bottom of spine tucked under a little, and two bottom corners very lightly bumped. A sweeping account of the last eight months of World War II on the European front from one of the foremost military historians of our time. read more
Edition: First U.S.
Binding: One Quarter Cloth
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780375414336ISBN:0375414339
Description: NF in NF jacket. Acclaimed WWII history by "one of Britains most highly regarded military hsitorians", read once. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hard Cover. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780375414336ISBN:0375414339
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Book Club Edition. xxiii, 584, [2] p. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Index. The author has scoured the archives of the major combatants and interviewed many survivors to create an unprecedented understanding of the events and their impact for this rousing and revealing chronicle of the crucial final 18 months of the 20th-century's greatest global conflict, World War II. read more
Description: New. 0375414339 Brand NEW Hardcover with beautiful Dust Jacket, ~ We would ship within 24 Hours, reply to customer emails ASAP, accept returns and offer 100% satisfaction guarantee! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 2004-11
ISBN-13:9780375414336ISBN:0375414339
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Fine in publisher's boards in like dust jacket. Available in our UK premises for prompt dispatch worldwide. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2004-11-16
ISBN-13:9780375414336ISBN:0375414339
Description: Very Good. Hardcover book in very good condition, clean and tightly bound. First American edition. Ships next business day from Oklahoma. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Priority mail available. read more
"Chronicling the final year of Hitler's regime, this book sets out the contrast between the Western and Eastern fronts in the final days of the war.
The author has also provided a vivid account of the German refugees fleeing before the Russian onslaught and how the battles on the Eastern front, largely ignored by the West, were bitter to-the-death contest fought without quarter and how the Soviets suffered horrendous casualties in those final days. The author also makes the point that the slow plodding of the Western armies in those last days were also due to the unwillingness of the democracies to suffer the kind of losses that the Soviets routinely suffered.
"Just finished this and thought it was brilliant. Hastings has picked up Cornelius Ryan's mantle. It's a thick book but I flew through it. The descriptions of the fighting on the Eastern front just make you shudder. For those of us brought up on American and British was films this book will seriously make you reconsider your view of WWII."
"The end of the war in Europe is often glossed over to a large extent in many of the general books about world war 2. The relatively short time between the Allied invasion in June of 1944 and the final defeat of Nazism in May of 1945 seemingly rushed through when compared to the preceding war years.
But with the D-Day landings, the loss of life in ground combat on the Western Front had only just restarted after a 4 year hiatus. On the Eastern Front, the casualty rate was even higher, far higher than may have been acceptable to the US or British peoples.
Max Hastings covers the last 12 months of the war in great detail and pulls no punches in highlighting the failings and foibles of some of the key figures charged with leading the brave men of all the armies to their destiny. The war may have been over by Christmas 1944, but dithering decsion making, inability to grasp corrctly the techniques of mobile warfare, stubborness and abject stupidity all contributed to prolonging the fighting.
The chance to speak to those who took part in this piece of history is slipping away as time takes it's grim toll. Without their input to underline the events, the rest of the excellent narritive would be wasted and greatly adds to the feelings of the impact of war has on soldiers and civilans alike.
Some novels you can't put down becasue the story is gripping; this story is real and you know the ending, but the path to the ending is no less gripping."
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