The war in europe appeared completely divorced from the war in the pacific and china, and yet events on opposite sides of the world had profound effects. List of books by antony beevor stored on this site. I dont like all of his books, especially when he goes into his nightmare scenarios at the end of. The battle of the bulge, from middecember 1944 through january 1945. Beevors account looks at the entire normandy campaign 6 jun 44 24 jul 44 as well as part of the northern france campaign 25 jul 44 14 sep 44. Acclaimed historian and bestselling author antony beevor vividly brings to life the epic struggles that took place in second world war crete reissued with a new introduction. Over the past two decades, antony beevor has established himself as one of the worlds premier historians of wwii. A regular officer with the 11th hussars, he left the army after five years to write. By december 1944, many of the 3 million citizens of berlin had stopped giving the nazi salute, and jokes circulated that the most practical christmas gift of the. Hitlers last gamble tells the story of the germans illfated final stand on 16 december, 1944, hitler launched his last gamble in the snowcovered forests and gorges of the ardennes. As a historian, antony received widespread praise for his vivid, compelling style and his treatment of the ordinary lives of combatants and. He discusses his newly released historical narrative, the second world war. Antony beevor has once again written a gripping and well researched account of a ww2 battle that deserves to be placed high on the list of the myriad books on the topic. He has published several popular histories on the second world war and the 20th century in general.
May 17, 2018 antony beevor, using often overlooked sources from dutch, british, american, polish and german archives, has reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting, which general student himself called the last german victory. Online and instore available instore filter results. The second world war by antony beevor books hachette. He has published four novels, and twelve books of nonfiction. His multiaward winning books have included stalingrad and the fall of berlin 1945. Antony beevor, author, the second world war youtube. Dec 03, 2007 military history books sometimes suffer from being a trawl through facts and figures which makes them a chore to read. Born in kensington, beevor was educated at two independent schools. The battle for normandy by antony beevor the story of the normandy landings has been told before, but rarely with such panache, says giles foden. It is a superb addition to the canon which has taken us from stalingrad to normandy in 1944 and the final gruesome battle for berlin, not forgetting the masterly singlevolume history of the entire war.
A masterful and comprehensive chronicle of world war ii, by internationally bestselling historian antony beevor. Ce livre est a mettre entre les mains des passionnees dhistoire. On 16 december, 1944, hitler launched his last gamble in the snowcovered forests and gorges of the ardennes. The second world war is a narrative history of world war ii by the british historian antony beevor.
Awardwinning military historian beevor the second world war, 2012, etc. The ardennes is the latest of beevor s books on the campaigns of the second world war. Abberley hall school in worcestershire, followed by winchester college in hampshire. Antony beevor, using often overlooked sources from dutch, british, american, polish and german archives, has reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting, which general student himself called the last german victory. The ardennes is the latest of beevors books on the campaigns of the second world war.
From the bestselling author of stalingrad, berlin and dday, antony beevors ardennes 1944. Dec, 2015 antony beevor, one of the finest narrative military historians now writing, is a master of revealing vignettes like this one. Jul 30, 2012 our guest is military historian and author antony beevor. The battle of the bulge is now available from viking books renowned historian antony beevor, the man who singlehandedly transformed the reputation of military history the guardian presents the first major account in more than twenty. Jan 31, 2014 anthony beevor speaking at the cambridge union society. Hitlers last gamble holds nothing back in its evocative overview of the moments of despair and elation of both axis and allied soldiers as they struggled in the. Hitlers illfated final stand, from the bestselling author of stalingrad, berlin and dday. Antony beevor is the renowned author of stalingrad, which won the samuel johnson prize, the wolfson prize for history and the hawthornden prize for literature, and berlin, which received the first longmanhistory today trustees award. Beevors books have hitherto gained less celebrity and sales success in the us than they deserve, but ardennes 1944 may be the one to change that. Yet this book, written in beevor s inimitable and gripping narrative style, is about much more than a single, dramatic. Sir antony james beevor, frsl born 14 december 1946 is an english military historian. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. The second world war began in august 1939 on the edge of manchuria and ended there exactly six years later with the soviet invasion of northern china. Stalingrad strikes a good balance between presenting the facts whilst remaining readable.
Sir antony beevor frsl, frhists, was educated at winchester and sandhurst, where he studied military history under john keegan. Eletto membro della royal society of literature in 1999, ha tenuto lezioni alla school of history, classics and archaeology, al birkbeck college e alla university of london. Beevor talks about the origins of the conflict spanning from. Most accounts of dday june 6, 1944 focus on the months leading up to the invasion and then either the first day or. The second world war by antony beevor washington post. He is the author of cretethe battle and the resistance, which won a runciman prize, paris after the liberation, 19441949 written with his wife artemis cooper, stalingrad, which won the samuel johnson prize, the wolfson prize for history and the hawthornden prize for literature, berlinthe downfall. The best book we have got on crete observerthe germans expected their airborne attack on. The book starts with the japanese invasion of manchuria in 1931, and covers the entire second world war ending with the final surrender of axis forces. Discover book depositorys huge selection of antony beevor books online. Jul 27, 2012 one senses, nevertheless, that those earlier books were just building blocks to this, his magnum opus. The second world war by antony beevor little, brown but that is chess, not war. Dday is a vibrant work of history that honors the sacrifice of tens of thousands of men and women. Antony beevor leads up to the events at stalingrad with some background to the siege and its aftermath. Buy the second world war by antony beevor online at alibris.
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