One of the greatest military feats during the second world war was the transformation of the german forces activities in the weeks following the battles in holland and on the german border, where the allies had finally inflicted the greatest catastrophes of modern war on them. A brand new history of the dambusters raid a virtuoso performance from a veteran military historian. A brandnew history of the dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed military historian max hastings. Hastings gives us the strategies of the war as a framework, a glue to bring into focus the war at a personal level. Browse audiobooks written by max hastings sorted by best. Max hastings grew up with romantic dreams of a life amongst warriors. Apr 27, 2010 winstons war ebook written by max hastings. Max hastings is the author of more than twenty books.
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Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Publication date 2004 topics world war, 19391945 campaigns europe publisher. He is also the author of numerous books, chiefly on defence matters, which have won several major awards. But after his failure as a parachute soldier in cyprus in 1963, he became a journalist instead. An epic history of a divisive war 19451975 audiobook by max hastings. His parents were macdonald hastings, a journalist and war correspondent, and anne scottjames, sometime editor of harpers bazaar. He has served as a foreign correspondent and as the editor of britains evening standard and daily telegraph. Max hastings latest military history with usual scholarly accuracy and research. From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of world war ii and its deeply personal consequences. Before he was 30 he had reported conflicts in northern ireland, biafra, vietnam, cambodia, the middle east, cyprus, rhodesia, india and a string of other trouble spots. Maxs next book is to be a study of 1914 the approach to the first world war. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet.
Max hastings is the author of overlord and bomber command and the coauthor of battle for the falklands. Vietnam by max hastings is masterful account of the warhastings narrative, along with ken burns masterful series on pbs, offers a wellbalanced account of a war that ended more than four decades ago. Operation chastise, the destruction of the mohne and eder dams in northwest germany by the rafs 617 squadron on the night of 1617 may 1943, was an epic that has passed into britains national legend. He has received numerous british press awards, including journalist of the year in 1982 and editor of the year in 1988. An absorbing and definitive modern history of the vietnam war from the acclaimed new york times bestselling author of the secret war vietnam became the western worlds most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for france in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the united states in 1975. Recorded here is the complete, original story as penned by fitzgerald in the early 1920s, published originally in colliers and finally collected in the popular tales of the jazz age. A truly fresh approach to a well known story, but with a focus on the personalities behind the air crew and the impact to the civil population following the floods many of whom were german slave workers from occupied european territories, not commonly known. Hastings unique account eschews the typical military history preoccupation with detailed accounts of generals and their battle plans. For thirtyfive years, max hastings has researched and written about different aspects of the war. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read overlord.
Max hastings is the author of more than 20 books, including catastrophe 1914. Tudor terror, history of terror author phil carradice mary. He has received numerous british press awards, including journalist of the year in 1982, and editor of the year in 1988. From the acclaimed military historian, a history of the outbreak of world war i. Between 1986 and 2002 he served as editorinchief of the london 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, bestsellers translated. Editor of the daily telegraph, he lives in london, england. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading korean war. All hell let loose and catastrophe by max hastings sold by. Max hastings is the author of many acclaimed books, mostly about warfare, including the bestselling and critically acclaimed nemesis, all hell let loose and. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. He has presented historical documentaries for the bbc and is the author of many books, including bomber command, which earned the somerset maugham. Max hastings is the author of twentysix books, most about conflict, and between 1986 and 2002 served as editorinchief of the daily telegraph, then editor of the evening standard. An absorbing and definitive modern history of the vietnam war from the acclaimed new york times bestselling.
Mar 22, 2012 max hastings is the author of twentysix books, most about conflict, and between 1986 and 2002 served as editorinchief of the daily telegraph, then editor of the evening standard. In catastrophe 1914, max hastings gives us a conflict different from the familiar one of barbed wire, mud and. The battle for germany, 19441945, and all hell let loose, and more on. In catastrophe 1914, max hastings gives us a conflict different from the familiar one of. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read inferno. All that changed when he flew into battlescarred vietnam and witnessed the horror and hedonism of a war zone. He has won many prizes both for journalism and his books have been bestsellers translated around the world.
Though the second world war has been the subject of immense historical research, max hastings here demonstrates how much there is still to know. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read winstons war. The author weaves anecdotal and firstperson accounts from both sides into the overall history to produce a compelling account that. A brand new history of the dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed military historian, max hastings. See all books authored by max hastings, including armageddon. The world at war, 19391945 ebook written by max hastings. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. Max hastings books list of books by author max hastings. Max hastings acclaimed account overturns many traditional legends in this memorable study. Sir max hastings chronicles vietnam with the benefit of vivid personal memories. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read bomber command. Browse audiobooks written by max hastings sorted by best selling this month page 1 sign up login. Almost 50 years on, hes written a book about the most controversial conflict of the 20th century and returns to the country to talk to survivors.
Drawing together the eyewitness accounts of survivors from both sides, plus a wealth of previously untapped sources and documents, overlord provides a brilliant, controversial perspective on the devastating battle for normandy. An epic tragedy, 19451975 by max hastings is published by william collins. Winner of the pritzker prize for military history a new york times notable book. Inferno the world at war 1939 1945 is the best war history i have read.