Rommel by Ralf Georg Reuth
Stripping away the many lays of Nazi and Allied propaganda, Reuth argues that Rommels life symbolises the German tragedy: to have followed Hitler into the abyss, and to have considered that to be his duty.
'The legend of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel - the "Desert Fox" - is threefold: he was a simple soldier who did his duty and knew nothing of Nazism; he was a commander of superlative talent who ran rings around the British in North Africa in 1941-2; he was a leader of resistance to Hitler who gave his life to the cause after the failure of the July 1944 plotIn this lucid, exemplary volume, Ralf George Reuth shows that all three of these assumptions are false ... and reveals the truth in a brilliant book that, incidentally, exposes the self-serving role of the Cold War West in promoting the Rommel legend.' -Frank McLynn, The Independent
RALF GEORG REUTH is a German journalist and historian. He has written several books on German history, including major biographies of Hitler, Goebbels, and Rommel, and was the editor of the Goebbels’ diaries.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781905791958 |
| ISBN 10 | 190579195X |
| Title | Rommel |
| Author | Ralf Georg Reuth |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Haus Publishing |
| Year published | 2009-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 235 |
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