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Title: Alamein by Jon Latimer ISBN: 0-674-01016-7 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Exceptional Battlefield Study
Comment: I was astonished to read reviews below complaining that this eminently readable study of a major World War II battle was 'too detailed'. What do people expect from Harvard University Press? Free crayons and a colouring-in guide?
This book brings the desert war to life, explaining the mechanics while allowing the participants to tell the story, including the crucial and often overlooked aspect of logistics. It gives full credit to the Commonwealth contribution to this 'British' victory, even down to bar-room brawls in Cairo between various contingents. It also offers an even-handed analysis of the chief protagonists, Montgomery and Rommel. Sure there are no new revelations, but short of their turning out to be alien lizards, what do you expect? And yes, war really is hell, and this is not a book to buy if you want the Disneyfied version.
Rating: 2
Summary: War is hell, but it shouldn't be for us
Comment: This is an exceptional work and contains the most esoteric detail, almost a bullet by bullet, gun by gun, tank by tank replay of the bloody African campaign in late 1942 between the British Empire forces and the Axis powers. The book however lacks new insights and gives sparse print to the roles of Montbomery and Rommel, which was my real interest in obtaining this book. Many times I had to force myself to plod through myriad details, however begrudgingly admiring the scholarly effort Mr. Latimer has put forth. There are some wonderful anecdotes and quotes from officers and men on the line, many of whom did not return from this battle. No question about it - war is hell. This may be your cup of tea, to borrow a pun from the book, but I think what I really needed was a Diet Pepsi.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Commonwealth Effort
Comment: Alamein by Jon Latimer is a modern study utilizing ULTRA and also exploring the naval and air aspects at the battle of El Alamein. It is primarily focused on the British/Commonwealth effort at the battle, and so it can be faulted in not having more on the Axis, but that is not its aim. It explores the "how" the battle impacted Britain and how the battle was influenced by Montgomery. For a serious study it is highly readable. It also benefits from modern computer graphics for an extensive map section.
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Title: Meeting the Fox: The Allied Invasion of Africa, from Operation Torch to Kasserine Pass to Victory in Tunisia by Orr Kelly ISBN: 0471414298 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 12 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The Battle of Alamein: Turning Point, World War II by John Bierman, Colin Smith ISBN: 0670030406 Publisher: Viking Books Pub. Date: 30 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (The Liberation Trilogy, Vol 1) by Rick Atkinson ISBN: 0805074481 Publisher: Owl Books (NY) Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Kasserine Pass by Martin Blumenson ISBN: 0815410999 Publisher: Cooper Square Publishers Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Panzer Operations: The Eastern Front Memoir of General Raus, 1941-1945 by Erhard Raus, Steven H. Newton ISBN: 0306812479 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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