The Storm of War
A New History of the Second World War
$41.69
- Paperback
800 pages
- Release Date
16 June 2010
Summary
The first one-volume history of the Second World War since 1989, written by ‘one of the greatest historians of our time’ (Observer).
On 2 August 1944, Winston Churchill mocked Adolf Hitler in the House of Commons by the rank he had reached in the First World War. ‘Russian success has been somewhat aided by the strategy of Herr Hitler, of Corporal Hitler,’ Churchill jibed. ‘Even military idiots find it difficult not to see some faults in his actions.’
Andrew Roberts’s previous …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141029283 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141029285 |
| Author: | Andrew Roberts |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 800 |
| Release Date: | 16 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 534g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 34mm |
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Roberts’s populist approach makes for a rollicking good read and never comes at the expense of accuracy. His mastery of the huge variety of subjects is truly impressive and his ability to marshal these subjects into a single compelling narrative stunning – Keith Lowe * Daily Telegraph *
About The Author
Andrew Roberts
Andrew Roberts (Lord Roberts of Belgravia) is a biographer and historian of international renown whose books include Salisbury- Victorian Titan (winner of the Wolfson Prize for History), Masters and Commanders (winner of the Emery Reves Award), The Storm of War (winner of the British Army Book Prize), Napoleon the Great (winner of the Grand Prix de la Fondation Napoleon and the Los Angeles Times Biography Prize), and George III (winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography). Roberts is a Fellow of the Royal Societies of Literature and the Royal Historical Society, and a Trustee of the International Churchill Society. He is currently Visiting Professor at the Department of War Studies at King’s College, London, and the Bonnie and Tom McCloskey Distinguished Visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
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