The Miracle of Dunkirk (Wordsworth Military Library) - Softcover

Lord, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185326685X ISBN 13: 9781853266850

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

On 24th May 1940, Hitler's armies were on the brink of a shattering military victory. Only ten miles away, Allied Troops were pinned against the coast at Dunkirk. Only 11 days later, by the 4th June, 338,000 men had been successfully evacuated to England. How did it happen? Walter Lord's account of how "the miracle of Dunkirk" came about is based on hundreds of interviews with survivors of all the nations that fought among the sand dunes.

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Review:

“Stirring . . . The difference between the Lord technique and that of any number of academic historians is the originality of his reportage.” —The New York Times
 
“Lively and interesting . . . A good tale, skillfully told . . . [The Miracle of Dunkirk] is the most complete and readable account yet to appear.” —The Christian Science Monitor
 
“Amazing and unexpected heroism . . . Well worth reading.” —Milwaukee Sentinel
 

About the Author:

Walter Lord (1917–2002) was an acclaimed and bestselling author of literary nonfiction best known for his gripping and meticulously researched accounts of watershed historical events. Born in Baltimore, Lord went to work for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. After the war’s end, Lord joined a New York advertising firm, and began writing nonfiction in his spare time. His first book was The Fremantle Diary (1954), a volume of Civil War diaries that became a surprising success. But it was Lord’s next book, A Night to Remember (1955), that made him famous. The bestseller caused a new flurry of interest in the Titanic and inspired the 1958 film of the same name. Lord went on to use the book’s interview-heavy format as a template for most of his following works, which included detailed reconstructions of the Pearl Harbor attack in Day of Infamy (1957), the battle of Midway in Incredible Victory (1967), and the integration of the University of Mississippi in The Past That Would Not Die (1965). In all, he published a dozen books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 185326685X
• ISBN 13: 9781853266850
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 324