Nuts!: the Battle of the Bulge by Donald M Goldstein

Nuts!: the Battle of the Bulge by Donald M Goldstein

From the Library JournalHitler and his general staff were convinced that if the Allies on the Continent were struck a shattering blow, their unity would collapse. In mid-December 1944, they planned and executed a sudden but unsuccessful counterattack westward through the Forest of Ardennes that on combat maps produced a change in the battle line forever known as the Bulge. Following the format and scope of their earlier works The Way It Was (LJ 8/91) and D-Day Normandy(LJ 4/1/94), the authors have reconstructed the sense of those uncertain days in the frozen Belgian woods. Hundreds of photos taken from American and German sources capture the world of combat from the perspective of foot soldiers and tank crewmen in all its powerful, gritty, and often gruesome reality. A valuable addition to any collection on this subject.

Goldstein is a retired US Air Force officer, emeritus professor of public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught for 35 years, a two-time Peabody Award winner, and author of numerous publications. He is widely regarded as the foremost expert on the attack on Pearl Harbor. He resides in the Florida village of The Villages.