Carlo D'Este

World War II in the Mediterranean, 1942-1945

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The award-winning historian offers an illuminating reassessment of WWII Allied operations in the Mediterranean-and the generals who led them.As a secondary theater of combat during the Second World War, the Mediterranean has received less historical analysis than Northwest Europe, where Allies made their celebrated D-Day invasion. In this volume, Carlo D'Este underscores the importance of the Mediterranean campaign while calling into question much of the standard historical narrative on the subject. With expert research, D'Este presents a nuanced and often surprising assessment of Allied leadership. Special attention is given to the three com… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Eisenhower, John S. D. (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-56512-914-6
EAN: 9781565129146
Produktnummer: 36313813
Verlag: Algonquin Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Reihenbandnummer: 2

Über den Autor

Carlo D'Este was born in Oakland, California in 1936. He graduated from Norwich University, Vermont, in 1958, and he holds a master's degree from the University of Richmond. He joined the Army as a second lieutenant in 1958, graduated from the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1974, and retired in the grade of lieutenant colonel in 1978. His books include Decision in Normandy (1983) and Bitter Victory: the Battle for Sicily, 1943 (1988). He has a book forthcoming on the Anzio landings, and is now at work on a biography of George Patton. He is married to the former Shirley Ann Clark, and lives in New Seabury, Massachusetts.