Hist 2nd Ww Vol I

The best selling account of World War II - in every theater of operations - by the foremost military analyst of our time. The last Captain Basil Liddell Hart's private library and famous and voluminous archives of the notes of the detailed interviews which he conducted after the war with the captured German generalds, as well as with the leading Allied commanders who had so often turned to him for inspiration and advice; the subject files and private papers placed in his hands by many of his great contemporaries - all constitute that priceless personal collection of private documents upon which the present magnificent work is based. It is miltary history in the broadest possible scale, ranging from the frustrating events preceeding the war, through all the campaigns and battles of seven turbulent years, to the final conclusion of hostilities. Trenchant, searching, thought-provoking, it is a study in realism and object analysis, uncluttered by self-deception. Cherished illusions fade under fresh surveillance; long-held beliefs of justification fail under new questioning; reputations are reexamined by one of the most incisive minds of our time; judgments of our past are made lessons for our present and our future.