Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II
Language: English
Published by Castle Books, a division of Book Sales, Inc., Edison, New Jersey, USA, 1999
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Mattabesset Books, Kensington, CT, U.S.A.Mattabesset Books
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Castle Books, a division of Book Sales, Inc., Edison, New Jersey, USA, 1999. Apparent First (1st) Printing of this First Edition Thus in 1999. The book was originally published in the UK in 1993 by Jonathan Cape, and by HarperCollins in the USA in the same year. Near Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with frequent underlining and a prior owner's signature at the top of the "Also by Len Deighton" page. The Binding is black quarter cloth to burgundy boards, colors uniform throughout, bright gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked endpapers with maps and drawings by Denis Bishop, and all corners square and sharp. The pictorial Dust Jacket is flawless - colors bright and uniform throughout, and intact with the original price ($30.00) intact on the front flap and a tiny closed tear at the top rear of the spine. See the accompanying photos. xvii, 653 pages. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". An examination of the Second World War up to 1942, focusing on its origins, the assumptions made by the parties, especially the British, the disastrous Norgewian Campaign, the Phoney War, the errors that led to Dunkirk, and Pearl Harbor. NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 1,164 grams / 41.1 ounces, and will require extra postage for international shipment. ISBN 10: 0785811141 / ISBN 13: 9780785811145.…
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- Title
- Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II
- Author
- Deighton, Len
- Publisher
- Castle Books, a division of Book Sales, Inc., Edison, New Jersey, USA
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0785811141
- ISBN 13
- 9780785811145
- Illustrator
- Denis Bishop
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 41.1 ounces
- Dimensions
- 6.25 inches width by 9.5 inches height by 0 inches depth
- Seller catalogs
- American History, English History, World History
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Review
Blood, Tears and Folly, his most ambitious book yet, is a global history of "the darkest hour of the Second World War", from the invasion of Czechoslovakia to the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. Each section, moreover, is set against a deep background which locates the particular chain of events in a large historical perspective... What wonderful stuff it is! Every page of Deighton's work glows with the excitement of discovery. (Geoff Dyer Guardian)
His instinct for reality is as sharp as his ability to convey it. (Martin Gilbert Sunday Times)
Here is historical "truth" of a type which will not date, as the sometimes arid debates of professional historians can. (Keith Jeffery The Times Literary Supplement)
A splendid read. He has a novelist's eye for the sort of facts that bring a narrative to life. (John Grigg Evening Standard)
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Mattabesset Books
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