Pegasus Bridge: 6 June 1944 - Brossura

Ambrose, Stephen E.

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ISBN 10: 0671671561 ISBN 13: 9780671671563

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster, 1988

Riassunto

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day, the turning point of World War II.

This gripping account of it by acclaimed author Stephen Ambrose brings to life a daring mission so crucial that, had it been unsuccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed. Ambrose traces each step of the preparations over many months to the minute-by-minute excitement of the hand-to-hand confrontations on the bridge. This is a story of heroism and cowardice, kindness and brutality—the stuff of all great adventures.

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Recensione:

'An illuminating account of an operation as strategically important as any fought on D-Day' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

'All the vividness of a movie and all the intelligence - in every sense - of fine military history. One of the best single battle accounts to come out of World War II' LOS ANGELES HERALD
'American historian who made the country's Second World War veterans feel good about themselves once more..widely regarded as one of America's pre-eminent military historians...His style of writing was highly readable, never allowing people to think history was boring. It was a skill he achieved by combining high standards of scholarship with the capacity to make the tale he was telling come alive for a lay audience...unadorned but lively prose' THE TIMES
'The author of a magisterial biography of President Nixon and Band of Brothers, the Second World War saga that became an award-winning TV series...But Ambrose was too good a historian and too great a gentleman to indulge in reach-me-down persiflage'
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Bestselling historian...America's leading popular historian' THE GUARDIAN
'He taught as he wrote, well and clearly' THE INDEPENDENT
'This gripping tale of heroism brings the wartime experience brilliantly to life . . . A hugely talented historian' EVENING POST
'It reads like a good novel - fast paced, moving and full of memorable characters - but also brings a piece of history vividly to life' JACK

L'autore:

Stephen E. Ambrose is the author of the definitive and highly acclaimed two-volume biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Professor of History at the University of New Orleans. His other books include Nixon: The Education of a Politician.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0671671561
• ISBN 13: 9780671671563
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208