Name: Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris June 6Th-August 5Th, 1944
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Author: John Keegan
ISBN: 9780140235425

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Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris June 6Th-August 5Th, 1944

Type

Physical Book

Author

John Keegan

Publisher

Penguin

Year

1994

Language

English

Pages

416

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

0140235426

ISBN13

9780140235425

Synopsis "Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris June 6Th-August 5Th, 1944 "

Acclaimed military historian John Keegan’s investigation into World War II and the Normandy InvasionThe armies of six nations met on the battlefields of Normandy in what was to be the greatest Allied achievement of World War II. With dramatic, driving power, John Keegan describes the massed armies—American, Canadian, English, French, German, and Polish—at successive stages of the invasion. As he details the strategies of the military engagements, Keegan brilliantly shows how each of the armies reflected its own nation's values and traditions. In a new introduction written especially to commemorate the 50th anniversary of D-Day, he contemplates the ways the events at the battle of Normandy still reverberate today.“The best military historian of our generation.” –Tom Clancy “John Keegan writes about war better than almost anyone in our century.” –The Washington Post Book World “Very dramatic… Very well done… a book which conjures romance from some very hard fighting.” –A. J. P. Taylor, The New York Review of Books “The story of this vast, complex, and risky amphibious assault, and the campaign which followed, has been told many times, but never better than by John Keegan.” –The Wall Street Journal

John Keegan

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John Keegan (1934-2012), fue un historiador, profesor, escritor y periodista británico especializado en historia militar. Profesor en la universidad de Princeton y en la academia militar Sandhurst, colaboró como periodista con el Daily Telegraph y como guionista y presentador con la bbc. Escribió numerosas obras sobre la naturaleza de la guerra, inteligencia militar y la psicología del combatiente, entre ellas El rostro de la batalla, publicada en esta misma colección. Sus libros se caracterizan por analizar los hechos históricos aplicando la lógica y, a la vez, buscando el lado humano e individual del combatiente.

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