Ball Simon (Professor Of International History And Politics University Of Leeds) - Alamein Great Battles - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: El Alamein was one of the pivotal battles of the Second World War fought by armies and air forces on the cutting edge of military technology. Yet Alamein has always had a patchy reputation - with many commentators willing to knock its importance. This book explains just why El Alamein is such a controversial battle. Based on an intensive reading of the contemporary sources in particular the extensive and recently declassified British bugging of Axis prisoners of war military historian Simon Ball turns Alamein on its head explaining it as a cultural defeat for Britain. Alamein is a military history of the battle - showing how different it looks stripped of later cultural excrescences. But it also shows how Alamein culture saturated the post - war world when archival sources mingled with film novels magazines popular histories and the rest of Alamein's footprint. Whether you are interested in the battle itself or its cultural afterlife if you have an opinion about Alamein you'll question it after reading this book.
Title: Alamein Great Battles
Author(s): Ball Simon (Professor Of International History And Politics University Of Leeds)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199682034
Pages: 288 Pages, 26 Black & White Halftones
Publication Date: 11/1/2016
Series: Great Battles
Category: Battles & Campaigns