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Tag: Max Hastings
Review: Catastrophe – Max Hastings
The war to end all wars that started another
Review: Lehrter Station – David Downing
The (second) war to end all wars, just started another one.
Review: Potsdam Station – David Downing
'An extraordinary evocation of Nazi Germany' - C.J. Sansom
Review: The Norman Conquest – Marc Morris
The best book since 1066.
Review: The Second World War – Antony Beevor
Although filling the broadest canvas on a heroic scale, Beevor's The Second World War never loses sight of the fate of the ordinary soldiers and civilians whose lives were crushed by the titanic forces unleashed in this, the most terrible war in history.
Review: The Polish Officer – Alan Furst
From the master of the historical spy thriller, a story set in the heart of the Polish resistance
Review: All Hell Let Loose: The World at War, 1939-1945 – Max Hastings
My version: HardbackGenre: Non Fiction History, World War IIPublisher: Harper Press (Harper Collins)First published: 2011Pages: 748ISBN: 978-0-00-733809-2Bought From the cover:"This is a study of the greatest and most terrible event in history, which shows its impact upon hundreds of millions of people around the world - soldiers, sailors and airmen; British housewives and Indian peasants; SS … Continue reading Review: All Hell Let Loose: The World at War, 1939-1945 – Max Hastings
