The Rommel Papers

Erwin Rommel

ISBN 10: 0306801574 / ISBN 13: 9780306801570

Published by Hachette Book Group Apr 1988, 1988

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Neuware - An essential collection of the wartime writings and diary of World War II German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, edited with commentary by one of the great military theorists of our timeWhen 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 and the exact details of his masterly campaigns. It was his custom to dictate each evening a running narrative of the day's events and, after each battle, to summarize its course and the lessons to be learned from it. He wrote, almost daily, intimate and outspoken letters to his wife in which his private feelings and-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 and the final day when he was given the choice of an honorable suicide or an ignominious trial for treason. An engrossing human document and a rare look at the mind of the 'Desert Fox,' The Rommel Papers throws an interesting light on the Axis alliance and on the inner workings of Hitler's high command.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rommel Papers
• Publisher: Hachette Book Group Apr 1988
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306801574
• ISBN 13: 9780306801570
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 137H x 45D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 137 millimeters height by 45 millimeters depth
• Weight: 650 grams

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Synopsis

An essential collection of the wartime writings and diary of World War II German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, edited with commentary by one of the great military theorists of our time

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 and the exact details of his masterly campaigns. It was his custom to dictate each evening a running narrative of the day's events and, after each battle, to summarize its course and the lessons to be learned from it. He wrote, almost daily, intimate and outspoken letters to his wife in which his private feelings and-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 and the final day when he was given the choice of an honorable suicide or an ignominious trial for treason. An engrossing human document and a rare look at the mind of the "Desert Fox," The Rommel Papers throws an interesting light on the Axis alliance and on the inner workings of Hitler's high command.

About the Author

Captain Basil Henry Liddell Hart (1895--1970) was a prolific military historian and one of the foremost military theorists of the twentieth century. His many books include Scipio Africanus, Lawrence of Arabia, The Rommel Papers, and Sherman (all available from Da Capo Press).