The Trail Of The Fox (SIGNED)

Irving, David

ISBN 10: 0525222006 / ISBN 13: 9780525222002

Published by Dutton, New York, 1977

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The book is signed by the author in pen on the half title page. The book was signed in person. A photo of David Irving signing books at the event will be included with the purchase. The jacket has a half inch size tear repaired with tape on the top edge of the spine. Seller Inventory # 058881

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Trail Of The Fox (SIGNED)

Publisher: Dutton, New York

Publication Date: 1977

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition

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Synopsis:

Erwin Rommel was Germany's most highly regarded general in World War II, and never stooped to atrocities to get military results. This is the most exhaustively researched and documented study ever done of the "Desert Fox." Irving's "Trail of the Fox" is not your typical biography. It is a fast-paced, almost novelistic read that moves swiftly through the career of this legendary soldier, trying to give the reader a taste of the man rather than an exhaustive list of his doings and accomplishments. Using his close relationships with ex-Afrika Korps officers as well as Manfred and Luci Rommel and their papers and photographs, Irving achieves what he sets out to do in a fast-paced, if somewhat terse read. The image we get of Rommel as a youth is a blurry watercolor sketch that periodically comes into sharp focus: a puny and somewhat sickly lad from an uninspired civil-service family who literally willed himself into an excellent officer cadet and later during the First World War, into a superb tactician. He showed his form early as a young lieutenant of mountain troops, driving his men forward without regard for fear or fatigue, but always with concern for their well-being, and always from the front. His accomplishments -- Iron Crosses first and second class, wound badges and the famous "Blue Max" -- were matched only by his ambition. In the quest for Prussia's highest award for valor Rommel showed a frightening self-obsession that he was often to show as an older man: a hunger for award, praise, and recognition. He also showed his capacity to alienate other officers, a habit he kept up his entire career and which may have cost him his life, and some personal pettiness, using every opportunity to exact vengeance on his rivals.

Product Description:

Previously unpublished photographs supplement a well-researched account of the early life, ingenious military campaigns, and suicide of the Nazi general