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Last Battle, The

By: Simon & Schuster

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical & Reference Books (Simon & Schuster)


Product Info

Title
Last Battle, The
Publisher
Category
Author
Cornelius Ryan
Publish Year
1966
Pages
571
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147831462
Type
Hardcover

Description

The Last Battle is Cornelius Ryan's compelling account of this final battle, a story of brutal extremes, of stunning military triumph alongside the stark conditions that the civilians of Berlin experienced in the face of the Allied assault. As always, Ryan delves beneath the military and political forces that were dictating events to explore the more immediate imperatives of survival, where, as the author describes it, "to eat had become more important than to love, to burrow more dignified than to fight, to exist more militarily correct than to win."

The Last Battle is the story of ordinary people, both soldiers and civilians, caught up in the despair, frustration, and terror of defeat. It is history at its best, a masterful illumination of the effects of war on the lives of individuals, and one of the enduring works on World War II.