The World War II Chronicles (ePub)
The Fall of Japan and Enemy at the Gates
(Sprache: Englisch)
A "virtually faultless" account of the final weeks of World War II in the Pacific and the definitive history of the battle for Stalingrad together in one volume (The New York Times Book Review).
Author William Craig traveled to three different...
Author William Craig traveled to three different...
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A "virtually faultless" account of the final weeks of World War II in the Pacific and the definitive history of the battle for Stalingrad together in one volume (The New York Times Book Review).
Author William Craig traveled to three different continents, reviewed thousands of documents, and interviewed hundreds of survivors to write these New York Times-bestselling histories, bringing the Eastern Front and the Pacific Theater of World War II to vivid life.
The Fall of Japan masterfully recounts the dramatic events that brought an end to the Pacific War and forced a once-mighty nation to surrender unconditionally. From the ferocious fighting on Okinawa to the all-but-impossible mission to drop the second atom bomb, and from Franklin D. Roosevelt's White House to the Tokyo bunker where tearful Japanese leaders first told the emperor the war was lost, Craig draws on Japanese and American perspectives to capture the pivotal events of these climactic weeks with spellbinding authority.
Enemy at the Gates chronicles the bloodiest battle of the war and the beginning of the end for the Third Reich. On August 5, 1942, giant pillars of dust rose over the Russian steppe, marking the advance of Hitler's 6th Army. The Germans were supremely confident; in three years, they had not suffered a single defeat. The siege of Stalingrad lasted five months, one week, and three days. Nearly two million men and women died, and the 6th Army was completely destroyed. The Soviet victory foreshadowed Nazi Germany's downfall and the rise of a communist superpower. Heralded by Cornelius Ryan, author of The Longest Day, as "the best single work on the epic battle of Stalingrad," Enemy at the Gates was the inspiration for the 2001 film of the same name, starring Joseph Fiennes and Jude Law.
Author William Craig traveled to three different continents, reviewed thousands of documents, and interviewed hundreds of survivors to write these New York Times-bestselling histories, bringing the Eastern Front and the Pacific Theater of World War II to vivid life.
The Fall of Japan masterfully recounts the dramatic events that brought an end to the Pacific War and forced a once-mighty nation to surrender unconditionally. From the ferocious fighting on Okinawa to the all-but-impossible mission to drop the second atom bomb, and from Franklin D. Roosevelt's White House to the Tokyo bunker where tearful Japanese leaders first told the emperor the war was lost, Craig draws on Japanese and American perspectives to capture the pivotal events of these climactic weeks with spellbinding authority.
Enemy at the Gates chronicles the bloodiest battle of the war and the beginning of the end for the Third Reich. On August 5, 1942, giant pillars of dust rose over the Russian steppe, marking the advance of Hitler's 6th Army. The Germans were supremely confident; in three years, they had not suffered a single defeat. The siege of Stalingrad lasted five months, one week, and three days. Nearly two million men and women died, and the 6th Army was completely destroyed. The Soviet victory foreshadowed Nazi Germany's downfall and the rise of a communist superpower. Heralded by Cornelius Ryan, author of The Longest Day, as "the best single work on the epic battle of Stalingrad," Enemy at the Gates was the inspiration for the 2001 film of the same name, starring Joseph Fiennes and Jude Law.
Autoren-Porträt von William J. Craig
William Craig (1929-1997) was an American historian and novelist. Born and raised in Concord, Massachusetts, he interrupted his career as an advertising salesman to appear on the quiz show Tic-Tac-Dough in 1958. With his $42,000 in winnings-a record-breaking amount at the time-Craig enrolled at Columbia University and earned both an undergraduate and a master's degree in history. He published his first book, The Fall of Japan, in 1967. A narrative history of the final weeks of World War II in the Pacific, it reached the top ten on the New York Times bestseller list and was deemed "virtually flawless" by the New York Times Book Review. In order to write Enemy at the Gates (1973), a documentary account of the Battle of Stalingrad, Craig travelled to three continents and interviewed hundreds of military and civilian survivors. A New York Times bestseller, the book inspired a film of the same name starring Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes. In addition to his histories of World War II, Craig wrote two acclaimed espionage thrillers: The Tashkent Crisis (1971) and The Strasbourg Legacy (1975).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: William J. Craig
- 2017, 1133 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Open Road Media
- ISBN-10: 150404617X
- ISBN-13: 9781504046176
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.06.2017
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Praise for The Fall of Japan“More suspenseful than any other chronicle . . . Virtually faultless.” —S. L. A. Marshall, The New York Times Book Review
“A magnificent telling . . . Leaves the reader spellbound.” —Cornelius Ryan, Book Week
“A dramatic and yet authentic evocation of an epic.” —The New York Times
“Vivid and tirelessly researched.” —The Observer
“Exceptional . . . History with narrative drive.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“History with the excitement of a thriller.” —Birmingham Evening Mail
Praise for Enemy at the Gates
“Probably the best single work on the epic battle of Stalingrad, Germany’s World War II Verdun, yet written—and certainly the most revealing. A magnificent account . . . which places its author, William Craig, in the front rank of contemporary historians. An unforgettable and haunting reading experience.” —Cornelius Ryan, author of The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far
“William Craig has written a classic account of the Stalingrad epic—here is the drama, the terror, the horror, and the heroism of the greatest military encounter of our time.” —Harrison E. Salisbury
“The cardinal feature of the book is the wealth of information derived from interviews, which gives the narrative the crispness of reality. . . . Cruel but compelling reading.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Craig’s extensive research and fresh interviews of surviving fighters and others authenticates the immediate, intimate circumstances of the battle. . . . A fine history.” —Kirkus Reviews
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