Articles of War: The Spectator Book of World War II

edited by Fiona Glass and Philip Marsden-Smedley, foreword by Ludovic Kennedy

ISBN 10: 0246133945 / ISBN 13: 9780246133946

Published by Grafton Books, Collins Publishing Group, 1989

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First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped (£16.95 price intact). Published by Grafton, 1989. Octavo. Brown cloth boards stamped in copper with brown endpapers. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is very good with some very light edgewear. 444 pages. ISBN: 9780246133946. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Articles of War: The Spectator Book of World War II
• Publisher: Grafton Books, Collins Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0246133945
• ISBN 13: 9780246133946
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military History

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Synopsis

This anthology of writings about World War II from the pages of "The Spectator" is the sequel to "Views from Abroad: The Spectator Book of Travel Writing." It concentrates on personal experiences of the war and insights into the attitudes and moods of the time, rather than on strategic or military reports. The selection, arranged chronologically, starts with:

Robert Byron's account of the Nuremberg Rallies
Graham Greene's description of a practice air-raid drill
Young Jo Grimond asks in 1939 what we are fighting for
Julian Huxley chases escaped zebras in London during the Blitz
Rose Macauley loses her library to a bomb
Harold Nicolson in 1941 writes confidently of the Nazis' inevitable doom;
Colin Welch, Iain MacLeod and a German general remember D-Day;
William Deedes and many others recall VE day;
the Beveridge Report offers hope for a bright future;
Louis Macniece, Stephen Spender, Norman Nicolson and Freya Stark offer their views of the war;
Siegfried Sassoon writes on what to read in the war;
Richard Hillary writes on art and the war;
Osbert Lancaster on Christmas in wartime Greece etc.

The book concludes with a section of pen portraits of some of the war's leading figures, including Hitler, Mussolini, Goebbels, Hess, Churchill and Montgomery.