The Last Battle : Endgame On The Western Front, 1918

Author: Peter Hart

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  • : $25.00 AUD
  • : 9781781254820
  • : Allen & Unwin
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  • : 0.869
  • : November 2017
  • : 240mm X 162mm X 45mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 49.99
  • : December 2017
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  • : English
  • : 940.434
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  • : 464
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  • : 9 Maps
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Local Description

2018. First ediiton, first printing. A near fine copy only marked by light tanning to the edges. The d/w is unclipped and fine and now in a protective cover.

Description

By August 1918, the outcome of the Great War was not in doubt: the Allies would win. But what was unclear was how this defeat would play out - would the Germans hold on, prolonging the fighting deep into 1919, with the loss of hundreds of thousands more young lives, or could the war be won in 1918? In The Last Battle, Peter Hart, author of Gallipoli and The Great War, and oral historian at the Imperial War Museum, brings to life the dramatic final weeks of the war, as men fought to secure victory, with survival seemingly only days, or hours away. Drawing on the experience of both generals and ordinary soldiers, and dwelling with equal weight on strategy, tactics and individual experience, this is a powerful and detailed account of history's greatest endgame.

Promotion info

In time for the anniversary, a new history laying bare the last months of the Great War

Reviews

Praise for previous books: 'Thought provoking, erudite, yet eminently readable and entertaining: Peter Hart is a historian and author at the peak of his powers -- Richard van Emden All good history books should be an assault on myth, and in Gallipoli Peter Hart mounts a supremely effective attack * Daily Mail * A valuable, timely and highly readable overview of the Great War on all major fronts -- Professor Peter Simkins

Author description

Peter Hart is the oral historian at the Imperial War Museum and has written several titles on the First World War. His latest books for Profile are Gallipoli, The Great War and Voices from the Front.Find him on Twitter @PeterHart1915