Chastise - The Dambusters Story 1943

A new history of the Dambusters raid from acclaimed military historian Hastings, prising out the inherent drama of the moment and the characteristics of the key people involved.

Info autore

Max Hastings is the author of twenty-six books, most about conflict, and between 1986 and 2002 served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph, then editor of the Evening Standard. He has won many prizes both for journalism and his books, of which the most recent are All Hell Let Loose, Catastrophe and The Secret War, best-sellers translated around the world. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an Honorary Fellow of King's College, London and was knighted in 2002. He has two grown-up children, Charlotte and Harry, and lives with his wife Penny in West Berkshire, where they garden enthusiastically.

Riassunto

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Max Hastings
• Editore: William Collins
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780008280529
• ISBN: 978-0-00-828052-9
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 240 mm x 37 mm
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, Air forces & warfare, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1950 to c 1959, Air forces and warfare, Battles & campaigns, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, C 1945 To C 1960, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General