ROMMEL PAPERS

Hart, B.H. Liddel

ISBN 10: 0099335700 / ISBN 13: 9780099335702

Published by Random House UK, 1987

About this Item

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Other than birthday inscription on inside front cover, this is clean, unmarked copy. Tight binding. Pages and cover slightly yellowed with age, with light shelfwear and spotting on back cover.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1779049192867

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ROMMEL PAPERS
• Publisher: Random House UK
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0099335700
• ISBN 13: 9780099335702
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 415 grams

About this title

Synopsis

When Erwin Rommel died by forced suicide at Hitler's command he left behind in various ingenious hiding places the papers that recorded the story of his dramatic career & the exact details of his masterly campaigns. It was his custom to dictate each evening a running narrative of the day's events &, after each battle, to summarize its course & the lessons to be learned from it. He wrote, almost daily, intimate & outspoken letters to his wife in which his private feelings &, after the tide had turned, forebodings found expression. To this is added by Rommel's son Manfred the story of the field marshall's last weeks & the final day when he was given the choice of an honorable suicide or an ignominious trial for treason. An engrossing human document & a rare look at the mind of the Desert Fox, The Rommel Papers throws an interesting light on the Axis alliance & on the inner workings of Hitler's high command.

About the Author

Captain Basil Henry Liddell Hart (1895–1970) was one of the foremost military theorists of our time. His many books include Scipio Africanus, Lawrence of Arabia, The Rommel Papers, and Sherman (all available from Da Capo Press/ Perseus Books Group).