Alamein by John Bierman & Colin Smith

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Alamein

War Without Hate

» John Bierman

» Colin Smith

Penguin
Paperback : 25 Sep 2003

£12.99

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'An excellent book, unfailingly well written. Ought to be recognised as one of the most successful histories of the Western Desert and North African fighting yet to have appeared'
John Keegan, Daily Telegraph

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A turning point in the Second World War, the battle of El Alamein was the culmination of a military campaign like no other. Fought across desolate arid terrain, the brutal fighting was matched by a camaraderie and respect between enemies as witnessed in no other theatre of war. Combining gritty personal testimonies with thorough journalistic investigation, John Bierman and Colin Smith present a compelling journey to the final confrontation between Rommel and Montgomery.

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‘A remarkable achievement. It is nothing less than a narrative of the whole war on the southern Mediterranean shore from 1940 to 1943. Few historians write as fluently as Bierman and Smith do; few journalists achieve their standards of accuracy’
John Keegan, Daily Telegraph

‘A big pacey read which, as well as being an account of the battle itself, is a panorama of the desert fighting leading up to the sacking of General Auchinleck and the arrival of Montgomery’
Allan Mallinson, The Times

‘Bierman and Smith’s exploration of the campaign is peppered with … fascinating insights and the authors manage to fill the entire canvas of the desert war’
Herald