World at War - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451127331 ISBN 13: 9780451127334

Synopsis

Published to coincide with the re-showing of the popular TV series "The World at War" on BBC2 commencing October 1994. This book was originally written to accompany the first showing of the series and has been revised and updated since then. World War II was the biggest and worst military conflagration the world has ever known. It altered the balance of both political and economic world power, killed millions of people and destroyed much of old Europe. Mark Arnold-Foster tells the story of World War II, illuminating all the main stages of the war individually in order to make clear the complex development of the war as a whole.

About this title

Book Description

The classic book of the classic TV series about the Second World War. (20000912)

About the Author

Mark Arnold-Forster was born in 1920, and was therefore just old enough to have served throughout the Second World War, first as a merchant seaman and then in the Royal Navy. He spent most of the war in command of motor torpedo boats and of MTB flotillas based at Dover attacking German coastal convoys and minelaying in the continental estuaries. He was awarded the DSO and DSC, was three times mentioned in despatches, and was demobilized as a reserve Lieutenant in 1946. As a newspaperman he was blockaded in Berlin in 1948 and reported on post-war Europe. He was chief editorial writer on the Guardian and continued to write regular leaders for the paper until his death in 1981.

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451127331
• ISBN 13: 9780451127334
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback