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THE DESERT WAR
THE CLASSIC TRILOGY ON THE NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN 1940-1943 |
| By: |
Alan Moorehead, Richard Overy (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£30.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1781316732 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781781316733 |
| Publisher: |
AURUM PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
28 June, 2017 |
| Pages: |
656 |
| Description: |
Alan Moorehead was a peerless war correspondent who covered the entire war in North Africa from 1940-1943. The trilogy of books he wrote on the prolonged battles between Montgomery's Eighth Army and Rommel's Afrika Corps immediately drew universal acclaim, and remains an epic account as extraordinary now as it was then. This reissue of Alan Moorehead's classic trilogy on the North Africa campaign 1940-1943 will coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Battles for El Alamein in July and October 1942. With a new introduction from acclaimed historian Richard Overy. |
| Synopsis: |
An epic account of the entire war in North Africa from 1940-1943 from peerless war correspondent Alan Moorehead CBE, published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battles for El Alamein in July and October 1942. Moorehead's classic trilogy on the North Africa campaign and the prolonged battles between Montgomery's Eighth Army and Rommel's Afrika Corps immediately drew universal acclaim, and remains an epic account as extraordinary now as it was then. This lavish new edition features an introduction from world renowned historian and Wolfson Prize-winner Professor Richard Overy. In 1940, Alan Moorehead was sent to cover the North Africa campaign by the Daily Express, and he followed its dramatic course all the way to 1943. The three books he subsequently wrote about the Desert War - later collected as his `African Trilogy' - were swiftly acclaimed as a classic account of the tussle between Montgomery's Eighth Army and Rommel's Afrika Corps, amidst the endless harsh wastes of the Western Desert. Moorehead was responsible for the celebrated insight that 'tank battles in the desert are like battles at sea, the lumbering tanks like ships lost in a vast ocean of sand.' |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Aurum Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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