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The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945

Door Geoffrey C. Ward

Categorie	Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer	#377323-KC31
Titel	The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945
Auteur	Ward, Geoffrey C.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York, NY : Knopf
Jaar van uitgave	2007
ISBN10	0307262839
ISBN13	9780307262837
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated endpapers, illustrated with numerous (full page) photographs in colour and b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting	The vivid voices that speak from these pages are not those of historians or scholars. They are the voices of ordinary men and women who experienced—and helped to win—the most devastating war in history, in which between 50 and 60 million lives were lost. Focusing on the citizens of four towns— Luverne, Minnesota; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama;—The War follows more than forty people from 1941 to 1945. Woven largely from their memories, the compelling, unflinching narrative unfolds month by bloody month, with the outcome always in doubt. All the iconic events are here, from Pearl Harbor to the liberation of the concentration camps—but we also move among prisoners of war and Japanese American internees, defense workers and s... (Lees verder)choolchildren, and families who struggled simply to stay together while their men were shipped off to Europe, the Pacific, and North Africa. Enriched by maps and hundreds of photographs, including many never published before, this is an intimate, profoundly affecting chronicle of the war that shaped our world.
Pagina's	449
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 12,50

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