The New York Times Living History World War Ii 1942 1945 The Allied Counteroffensive

Author : Douglas Brinkley
Publisher : Times Books
ISBN 13 : 1466869836
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New York Times Living History: World War II written by Douglas Brinkley and published by Times Books. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II comes alive through the public records and private accounts of the day... We have long relied on historians to sift through the debris of the past and piece together narratives to shape our understanding of events. But it is in the letters, diaries, speeches, song lyrics, newspaper articles, and government papers that history truly comes alive. In The New York Times Living History: World War II: The Allied Counteroffensive, 1942-1945 eminent historian Douglas Brinkley has carefully chosen the critical documents that bring to life the days of the war from the first Allied counteroffensive to the US military formation of the European Theater of Operations (ETO) to V-J Day. His selections span the momentous, such as Eisenhower's address to the troops in preparation for D-Day and Hirohito's surrender on Japanese radio, to the intimate and the obscure. Readers will find one of Tokyo Rose's broadcasts, letters from soldiers on the eve of battle, Ernie Pyle's dispatches from Sicily, and Truman's diary entries in which he wrestles with the decision to drop the A-bomb. Each primary document is accompanied by a relevant piece of New York Times reporting from the period and original text explaining the historical significance of the event in the war's progress. News photos and other images add a strong visual component to this vivid re-creation of history.

Author : Douglas Brinkley
Publisher : Times Books
ISBN 13 : 9780805072471
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New York Times Living History: World War II, 1942-1945: The Allied Counteroffensive written by Douglas Brinkley and published by Times Books. This book was released on 2004-01-08 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II comes alive through the public records and private accounts of the day We have long relied on historians to sift through the debris of the past and piece together narratives to shape our understanding of events. But it is in the letters, diaries, speeches, song lyrics, newspaper articles, and government papers that history truly comes alive. Eminent historian Douglas Brinkley has carefully chosen the critical documents that bring to life the days of the war from the first Allied counteroffensive to V-J Day. His selections span the momentous, such as Eisenhower’s address to the troops in preparation for D-Day or Hirohito’s surrender on Japanese radio, to the intimate and the obscure. Readers will find one of Tokyo Rose’s broadcasts, letters from soldiers on the eve of battle, Ernie Pyle’s dispatches from Sicily, and Truman’s diary entries in which he wrestles with the decision to drop the A-bomb. Each primary document is accompanied by a relevant piece of New York Times reporting from the period and original text explaining the historical significance of the event in the war’s progress. News photos and other images add a strong visual component to this vivid re-creation of history.

Author : Douglas Brinkley
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805072462
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New York Times Living History: World War II, 1939-1942: The Axis Assault written by Douglas Brinkley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing a new series where history comes alive in riveting documents and images of great events as they occurred. This first volume recounts the moves and decisions of the axis group from 1939-1942 during World War II. 75 illustrations.

Author : Earle Rice, Jr.
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 0766085279
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Author : Rick Atkinson
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 142994367X
Total Pages : 897 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guns at Last Light written by Rick Atkinson and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 897 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War II It is the twentieth century's unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how the American-led coalition fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now, in The Guns at Last Light, he tells the most dramatic story of all—the titanic battle for Western Europe. D-Day marked the commencement of the final campaign of the European war, and Atkinson's riveting account of that bold gamble sets the pace for the masterly narrative that follows. The brutal fight in Normandy, the liberation of Paris, the disaster that was Operation Market Garden, the horrific Battle of the Bulge, and finally the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich—all these historic events and more come alive with a wealth of new material and a mesmerizing cast of characters. Atkinson tells the tale from the perspective of participants at every level, from presidents and generals to war-weary lieutenants and terrified teenage riflemen. When Germany at last surrenders, we understand anew both the devastating cost of this global conflagration and the enormous effort required to win the Allied victory. With the stirring final volume of this monumental trilogy, Atkinson's accomplishment is manifest. He has produced the definitive chronicle of the war that unshackled a continent and preserved freedom in the West. One of The Washington Post's Top 10 Books of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2013

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Author : Maurer Maurer
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428915850
Total Pages : 520 pages
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Author : Robert M. Edsel
Publisher : Laurel Editions
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
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Author : Antony Beevor
Publisher : Back Bay Books
ISBN 13 : 0316084077
Total Pages : 829 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Second World War written by Antony Beevor and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 829 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterful and comprehensive chronicle of World War II, by internationally bestselling historian Antony Beevor. Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier historians of WWII. His multi-award winning books have included Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest and most tragic events of the twentieth century, the Second World War. In this searing narrative that takes us from Hitler's invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939 to V-J day on August 14, 1945 and the war's aftermath, Beevor describes the conflict and its global reach -- one that included every major power. The result is a dramatic and breathtaking single-volume history that provides a remarkably intimate account of the war that, more than any other, still commands attention and an audience. Thrillingly written and brilliantly researched, Beevor's grand and provocative account is destined to become the definitive work on this complex, tragic, and endlessly fascinating period in world history, and confirms once more that he is a military historian of the first rank.

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Total Pages : 784 pages
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