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Niall Barr does the apparently impossible - breathes fresh live into the history of the Desert War (Gary Sheffield, BBC History Magazine 2004-12-21)
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An important fresh perspective on this turning point in the Second World War which also provides a detailed picture of the British Army at a critical stage in its fight against Hitler's Germany.
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- PublisherOverlook Pr
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1585677388
- ISBN 13 9781585677382
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages531
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Printing. First printing. Page base toned. 2005 Trade Paperback. xliii, 531 pp. "Based on extensive original research, Pendulum of War looks at the arguments behind the change in fortunes of Britain?s desert army in 1942. Barr provides a vivid picture of the fighting at el Alamein from the early desperate days of July to the final costly victory in Novembe A compelling new history of a crucial turning point in the Second World War, and a detailed picture of the British Army at a critical stage in its fight against Hitler?s Germany. In June 1942, following the fall of Tobruk, the defeated British Eighth Army was streaming back towards the tiny railway halt of El Alamein in the western desert of Egypt. The Eighth Army had suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Rommel?s Panzerarmee Afrika. Yet just five months later, the famous bombardment opened the Eighth Army?s own offensive which destroyed the Axis threat to Egypt. Explanations for the remarkable change of fortune have generally been sought in the personalities of the commanders Generals Auchinleck and Montgomery, and that of their legendary opponent, Field Marshall Rommel. Pendulum of War is the story of how an army learnt from its mistakes. Niall Barr shows that the focus on personality has blurred the continuity of experience that saw the Eighth Army transform itself from a tactically inept collection of units into a battle-winning force that eventually mastered the veterans of Rommel?s Afrika Korps. The book provides a vivid and fresh perspective on the fighting at El Alamein from the early desperate days of July to the final costly victory in November. Seller Inventory # 2338730
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