The World at War - Hardcover

Holmes, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091917514 ISBN 13: 9780091917517

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2007

Synopsis

"The World at War" is the definitive television work on the Second World War. It set out to tell the story of the war through the testimony of key participants - from civilians to ordinary soldiers, from statesmen to generals. First broadcast in 1973, the result was a unique and irreplaceable record since many of the eyewitnesses captured on film did not have long to live. The programme's producers committed hundreds of interview-hours to tape in its creation, but only a fraction of that recorded material made it to the final cut. For more than 30 years the interviews have never been allowed to be published - until now.The well-known names interviewed for the series include Albert Speer, Karl Wolff (Himmler's adjutant), Traudl Junge (Hitler's secretary), James Stewart (USAAF bomber pilot and Hollywood star), Anthony Eden, John Colville (Parliamentary Private Secretary to Winston Churchill), Averell Harriman (US Ambassador to Russia) and Arthur 'Bomber' Harris (Head of RAF Bomber Command). Highly respected historian and bestselling author Richard Holmes has skilfully woven this valuable original material into a compelling narrative, creating a truly phenomenal oral history of the Second World War.

About this title

Product Description:

The seminal television documentary series, The World at War was first broadcast in 1973, when memories of the Second World War were still clear in people's minds. The words of those interviewed for the programme - among them Albert Speer, Arthur 'Bomber' Harris, Traudl Junge (Hitler's secretary) and John Colville (Churchill's Parliamentary Private Secretary) - are brought together here and skilfully woven into a compelling oral history of the War by Professor Holmes. Foreword by Sir Jeremy Isaacs.

Review:

"The World at War was one of the greatest television series of all time...it is tremendously exciting that the complete interviews are now published here for the first time" -- Laurence Rees

About this edition

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0091917514
• ISBN 13: 9780091917517
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 672