The Second World War

Informationen zum Autor John Keegan is the Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph and Britain's foremost military historian. The Reith Lecturer in 1998, he is the author of many bestselling books including The Face of Battle , Six Armies in Normandy, Battle at Sea, The Second World War, A History of Warfare (awarded the Duff Cooper Prize), Warpaths, The Battle for History, The First World War , and most recently, Intelligence in War . For many years John Keegan was the Senior Lecturer in Military History at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and he has been a Fellow of Princeton University and Delmas Distinguished Professor of History at Vassar. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He received the OBE in the Gulf War honours list, and was knighted in the Millennium honours list in 1999. John Keegan died in August 2012. Klappentext In this history of World War II, the author explores both the technical and the human impact of the conflict. The text concentrates on five crucial battles with the aim of illuminating the war as a whole: Crete, Midway, Falaise, Berlin and Okinawa. Zusammenfassung In this history of World War II, the author explores both the technical and the human impact of the conflict. The text concentrates on five crucial battles with the aim of illuminating the war as a whole: Crete, Midway, Falaise, Berlin and Okinawa.

Product details

• Authors: John Keegan, Keegan John
• Publisher: Pimlico
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.11.1997
• EAN: 9780712673488
• ISBN: 978-0-7126-7348-8
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Zweiter Weltkrieg, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, Second World War, General and world history, Battles & campaigns, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Battles and campaigns