Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945 (Inscribed First U.S. Edition, First Printing)

Roberts, Andrew

ISBN 10: 0061228575 / ISBN 13: 9780061228575

Published by Harper (HarperCollins), 2009

About this Item

Inscribed First U.S. Edition, U.S. First Printing of this joint biography of the two tandems of political and military figures that the eminent historian sees as the principals figures in the defeat of the Axis in the West in World War II: President Franklin Roosevelt; General George C. Marshall; Prime Minister Winston Churchill; and General Alan Brooke. Inscribed by Andrew Roberts to a previous owner on the title page. 673 pages, illustrated. Has some tanning of the page edges. Has a tear on the back cover of the dust jacket at the spine edge.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945 (Inscribed First U.S. Edition, First Printing)
• Publisher: Harper (HarperCollins)
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061228575
• ISBN 13: 9780061228575
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

"Masterly. . . . A triumph of vivid description, telling anecdotes, and informed analysis.”
—The New York Review of Books

"Britain's finest contemporary military historian."
— The Economist

An epic joint biography of four titanic figures—a President, a Prime Minister, and two Generals—who shaped the grand strategy of the Allies during World War II.

About the Author

Andrew Roberts is a biographer and historian whose books include the New York Times bestsellers Churchill: Walking With Destinyand Napoleon: A Life (winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize), Masters and Commanders, The Storm of Warand Salisbury: Victorian Titan(winner of the Wolfson Prize for History), among others. His most recent book, The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III,was published in November 2021. Roberts is a Fellow of the Royal Societies of Literature and the Royal Historical Society, and a Trustee of the International Churchill Society. He is currently Visiting Professor at the Department of War Studies at King's College, London, and the Roger and Martha Mertz Visiting Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.