Description
| Product ID: | 9780712668279 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Pendulum Of War |
| Subtitle: | Three Battles at El Alamein |
| Authors: | Author: Niall Barr |
| Page Count: | 592 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, Military history, Second World War, Theory of warfare and military science, Battles and campaigns, Military history, Second World War, Theory of warfare & military science, Battles & campaigns, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In late June 1942, the dispirited and defeated British Eighth Army was pouring back towards the tiny railway halt of El Alamein in the western desert of Egypt. In late June 1942, the dispirited and defeated British Eighth Army was pouring back towards the tiny railway halt of El Alamein in the western desert of Egypt. Tobruk had fallen and Eighth Army had suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Rommel''s Panzerarmee Afrika. Yet just five months later, the famous bombardment opened the Eighth Army''s own offensive which destroyed the Axis threat to Egypt. Explanations for the remarkable change of fortune have generally been sought in the abrasive personality of the new army commander Lieutenant-General Bernard Law Montgomery. But the long running controversies surrounding the commanders of Eighth Army - Generals Auchinleck and Montgomery - and that of their legendary opponent, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, have often been allowed to obscure the true nature of the Alamein campaign. Pendulum of War provides a vivid and fresh perspective on the fighting at El Alamein from the early desperate days of July to the final costly victory in November. |
| Imprint Name: | Pimlico |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2005-08-04 |
