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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
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Engelska
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448
Utgivningsdatum
2021-04-01
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William Collins
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198 x 129 x 29 mm
ISBN
9780008342517

Crucible of Hell

Okinawa: the Last Great Battle of the Second World War

av Saul David
Häftad,  Engelska, 2021-04-01
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Excellent Antony Beevor Saul David is a brilliant historian In shocking and jaw-dropping detail, he brings a battle that deserves far greater prominence and understanding vividly back to life James Holland From award-winning historian Saul David, an action-packed and powerful new narrative of the Battle of Okinawa the last great clash of the Second World War, and one that had profound consequences for the modern world. For eighty-three blood-soaked days, the fighting on the island of Okinawa plumbed depths of savagery as bad as anything seen on the Eastern Front. When it was over, almost a quarter of a million people had lost their lives, making it by far the bloodiest US battle of the Pacific. In Okinawa, the death toll included thousands of civilians lost to mass suicide, convinced by Japanese propaganda that they would otherwise be raped and murdered by the enemy. On the US side, David argues that the horror of the battle ultimately determined President Trumans choice to use atomic bombs in August 1945. It is a brutal, heart-rending story, and one David tells with masterly attention to detail: the cramped cockpit of a kamikaze plane, the claustrophobic gun turret of a warship under attack, and a half-submerged foxhole amidst the squalor and battle detritus. The narrative follows generals, presidents and emperors, as well as the humbler experiences of ordinary servicemen and families on both sides, and the Okinawan civilians who were caught so tragically between the warring parties. Using graphic eyewitness accounts and declassified documents from archives in three continents, Saul David illuminates a shocking chapter of history that is too often missing from Western-centric narratives of the Second World War.
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Shortlisted for the 2021 British Army Military Book of the Year Longlisted for the 2021 HWA Non-fiction Crown Awards A BBC History Magazine Best Book of the Year 2020 An Amazon.com History Book of the Month A The Times Best Book of 2020 A Telegraph Best Book of 2020 Gripping, even gruesome, yet deeply moving Sweeps us masterfully from a coral charnel house in the Pacific to the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima David Reynolds The best book Ive read on the Battle of Okinawa. Finally a military historian has written a book which gives humanity to the Japanese, without taking anything away from what the Americans endured and achieved on that island David fits perfectly into the fine tradition of war books by Max Hastings and Antony Beevor. Its war at its most beautiful and most horrible Gerard deGroot A superb soldiers-eye history of Okinawa, the Second World Wars ghastliest battle The meticulousness of his research really starts to display itself A highly readable and informative book that often reads like a screenplay, but depicts suffering that was all too real [David] is peerless now among our military historians Daily Telegraph David restores a human dimension to this battle both sides are brave, stoic, frightened, barbaric and occasionally cowardly. This is narrative history at its most visceral as battles unfold almost in real time A gripping reconstruction of the action Times 'Graphic and compelling Written with style and verve David brings the ghastly mayhem of war to life in a vivid way Literary Review 'Superbly researched, well-written Reminds us that the defining characteristic of war is the mass destruction of individuals, both physically and psychologically Spectator Brilliant harrowing. The attention to detail is exemplary: we see the conflict from just about every angle Keith Lowe, BBC History Magazine

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Saul David is a historian, broadcaster and the author of several critically acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction. His history books have been shortlisted for the Westminster Medal for Military Literature and variously named a Waterstones Military History Book of the Year and an Amazon History Book of the Year. He is Professor of Military History at the University of Buckingham.

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