The War in North Africa, 1940-1943 - A Selected Bibliography

Few of the major campaigns of World War II aroused as much controversy as the War in North Africa, 1940-1943. Figures such as Rommel, Montgomery, and Eisenhower would become world famous because of the fighting in North Africa. This book opens with seven historiographical essays that evaluate and critically assess the major contributions to the literature on the War in North Africa. It then includes an alphabetically arranged bibliography of the 504 entries cited in the essays. The material is easily accessible, with cross-references between the text and the bibliography and a full index.

The volume includes chapters on the Desert War, 1940-42; the Axis Powers in North Africa; Montgomery, Alam Halfa and El Alamein; TORCH: the Landings in French North Africa, and the Tunisian Campaign. Full attention is given to questions and issues historians have raised on such controversies as the Auchinleck-Montgomery dispute, the debate over Operation TORCH, and the Darlan affair. Emphasis is on English-language works, but the most significant Italian, German, and French works are cited and assessed. The book has been written for use in public, college, university, and institutional libraries, and to serve general readers and military historians.

Sommario

Preface
Narrative and Historiographical Survey
Historical Background
Sources for Research on the War in North Africa
The Desert War, 1940-1942
The Axis Powers in North Africa
Montgomery, Alam Halfa, and El Alamein
Torch: The Landings in French North Africa
The Tunisian Campaign
Future Research
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

COLIN F. BAXTER is Professor of History at East Tennessee State University. His earlier books include The Normandy Campaign, 1944: A Selected Bibliography (Greenwood, 1992) and The War in North Africa, 1940-1943: A Selected Bibliography (Greenwood, 1996).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Colin Baxter, Baxter Colin F.
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.03.1996
• EAN: 9780313291203
• ISBN: 978-0-313-29120-3
• Serie: Bibliographies of Battles and Leaders
• Categorie: Saggistica > Enciclopedie, opere di consultazione > Enciclopedie, lessici; HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Africa / North, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, HISTORY / Historiography, Historiography, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), African History, North Africa, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), War and defence operations, War & defence operations, Bibliographies, catalogues, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General