Armageddon by Liv Tyler

Armageddon by Liv Tyler

This is epic story of the last eight months of World War II in Europe by one of Britain's most highly regarded military historians, whose accounts of past battles John Keegan has described as worthy to stand with that of the best journalists and writers (New York Times Book Review).

In September 1944, the Allies believed that Hitler's army was beaten, and expected that the war would be over by Christmas. But the disastrous Allied airborne landing in Holland, American setbacks on the German border and in the H rtgen Forest, together with the bitter Battle of the Bulge, drastically altered that timetable. Hastings tells the story of both the Eastern and Western Fronts, and paints a vivid portrait of the Red Army's onslaught on Hitler's empire. He has searched the archives of the major combatants and interviewed 170 survivors to give us an unprecedented understanding of how the great battles were fought, and of their human impact on American, British, German, and Russian soldiers and civilians.

Hastings raises provocative questions: Were the Western Allied cause and campaign compromised by a desire to get the Soviets to do most of the fighting? Why were the Russians and Germans more effective soldiers than the Americans and British? Why did the bombing of Germany's cities continue until the last weeks of the war, when it could no longer influence the outcome? Why did the Germans prove more fanatical foes than the Japanese, fighting to the bitter end? This book also contains vivid portraits of Stalin, Churchill, Eisenhower, Montgomery, and the other giants of the struggle.

The crucial final months of the twentieth century's greatest global conflict come alive in this rousing and revelatory chronicle.

Founder of The Protocol School of Washington, DOROTHEA JOHNSON has presented seminars and briefings on manners to more than 100,000 individuals worldwide. She has authored five books, including the bestselling The Little Book of Etiquette, and has appeared as an etiquette expert on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

LIV TYLER is an internationally acclaimed actress, whose films include Stealing Beauty,
Empire Records, Armageddon, That Thing You Do!, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Strangers, The Incredible Hulk, and Robot and Frank. She lives in New York City with her son.

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EAN	0717951000842
Title	Armageddon
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Studio	Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Audience Rating	PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
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