Masters and Commanders
The Military Geniuses Who Led The West To Victory In World War II
$52.61
- Paperback
720 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2009
Summary
Award-winning historian Andrew Roberts describes the grand strategy of the Second World War afresh.
Masters and Commanders describes how four titanic figures shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second World War. Each was exceptionally tough-willed and strong minded, and each was certain that he knew best how to win the war. Yet each knew that he had to win at least two of the others over in order to get his strategy adopted. The book traces the mutual suspicion a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141029269 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141029269 |
| Author: | Andrew Roberts |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 720 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2009 |
| Weight: | 519g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 31mm |
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Critics Review
‘This is an important book which ! sees Mr Roberts lay claim to the title of Britain’s finest contemporary military historian’ Economist ‘A masterpiece of robust historical analysis, steeped in scholarship and alive to every nuance of personality’ Daily Express ‘His interpretation of British/US strategic relations is unlikely to be superseded’ - Vernon Bogdanor, Financial Times
About The Author
Andrew Roberts
Andrew Roberts is a biographer and historian of international renown whose previous books include Salisbury- Victorian Titan (1999), which won the Wolfson History Prize and the James Stern Silver Pen Award for Non-Fiction; Napoleon and Wellington (2001); Hitler and Churchill- Secrets of Leadership (2003), which coincided with four-part BBC2 history series, and A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900 (2005). Roberts is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Arts. He appears regularly on British television and radio and writes for the Sunday Telegraph, the Spectator, the Literary Review, the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Telegraph.
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