Max Hastingsâs âexceptionalâ ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review) account of the famous World War II D-Day landings â[will] stand with that of the best journalists and writers who witne...
'As gripping as any spy thriller, Hastings's achievement is especially impressive, for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subject' Sunday Times
"From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: from the breakdown of diplomacy to the dramatic battles that occurred before the war bogged down in the trenches. World War I immediately evokes images of the trenches:...
From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II and its deeply personal consequences.
The author is the son of broadcaster and adventurer Macdonald Hastings and journalist and gardening writer Anne Scott-James. One of his grandfathers was a literary editor while the other wrote plays and essays, and penned an enchanting memoir of his own...
A masterly narrative history of the climactic battles of the Second World War, and companion volume to his bestselling Armageddon, by the pre-eminent military historian Max Hastings. The battle for Japan that ended many months after the battle for Europe...
An account of the lives of sixteen 'warriors', hand-picked for their bravery or extraordinary military experience by the eminent military historian, author and ex-editor of the
Max Hastingsâpreeminent military historianâtakes us back to the bloody bitter struggle to restore South Korean independence after the Communist invasion of June 1950. Using personal accounts from interviews with more...